professor

pro·fes·sor  (pr-fsr)

n.

1.

a. A college or university teacher who ranks above an associate professor.

b. A teacher or instructor.

2. One who professes.

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[Middle English professour, from Old French professeur, from Latin professor, from professus, past participle of profitr, to profess; see profess.]

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profes·sori·al (prf-sôr-l, -sr-, prf-) adj.

profes·sori·al·ly adv.

pro·fessor·ship n.

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professor [prəˈfɛsə]

n

1. (Social Science / Education) the principal lecturer or teacher in a field of learning at a university or college; a holder of a university chair

2. (Social Science / Education) Chiefly US and Canadian any teacher in a university or college See also associate professor, assistant professor, full professor

3. a person who claims skill and instructs others in some sport, occupation, etc.

4. a person who professes his opinions, beliefs, etc.

[from Medieval Latin: one who has made his profession in a religious order, from Latin: a public teacher; see profess]

professorial  [ˌprɒfɪˈsɔːrɪəl] adj

professorially  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

professor - someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university prof faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" academic, faculty member, academician - an educator who works at a college or university assistant professor - a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor associate professor - a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor full professor - a professor of the highest rank Regius professor - holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron visiting professor - a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time

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professor

noun don (Brit.), fellow (Brit.), prof (informal), head of faculty a professor of economics at East Chepstow University

Quotations
"A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep" [W.H. Auden]

Translations

professor [prəˈfesəʳ] N

1. (Brit, US) (Univ) → catedrático/a m/f (de universidad)
Professor Cameron → el catedrático Cameron
he is a professor of economics → es catedrático de economía
full professor → catedrático/a m/f (de universidad)
see also assistant B
see also associate E

2. (US) (= teacher) → profesor(a) m/f (universitario/a)
a science professor → un profesor de ciencias

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professor [prəˈfɛsə^r] n

→ professeur(e) titulaire d'une chaire)m/f >
He's the French professor
BUT Il est titulaire de la chaire de français.

(US) (= lecturer) → professeur m

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professor

n

→ Professor(in) m(f); (US: = lecturer of highest rank) → Dozent(in) m(f); the professors → die Professorenschaft

(of a faith) → Bekenner(in) m(f)

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professor [prəˈfɛsəʳ] n (Univ) (Brit) → docente m/f (Am) (teacher) → professore/essa

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professor

n professor [prəˈfesə]

(often abbreviated toProf.when written)

1 a university teacher who is the head of a department He is a professor of English at Leeds; Professor Jones. professor بروفيسور، رَئيس قِسْم في الجامِعَه професионалист profesor, -ka professor der/die Professor(in) καθηγητής (πανεπιστημίου) catedrático professor استاد professori professeur/-eure titulaire פְּרוֹפסוֹר प्राध्यापक (tanszékvezető) egyetemi tanár profesor prófessor professore 教授 교사 profesorius profesors dekan professor professor profesor professor profesor; decan профессор profesor, -ka (univerzitetni) profesor profesor professor อาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัยที่เป็นหัวหน้าภาควิชา profesör 教授 професор پروفيسر giáo sư 教授

2 (American) a university teacher. lektor أُسْتاذ جامِعي професионалист profesor, -ka lektor der/die Lehrer(in) πανεπιστημιακός δάσκαλος profesor universitario professor, õppejõud استاد opettaja professeur/-eure מוֹרֶה בַּאוּנִיברסִיטָה अध्यापक egyetemi, főiskolai tanár dosen, pengajar di perguruan tinggi háskólakennari professore 大学教授 교수 dėstytojas pasniedzējs pensyarah docent universitetslærer nauczyciel akademicki docente profesor преподаватель profesor, -ka profesor profesor lärare อาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัย öğretim görevlisi (美國)泛指教師、教員 викладач جامعہ کا معلم giảng viên （美国）泛指教师、教员

adj profesˈsorial [profəˈsoː-]

professories أُسْتاذي професорски profesorský professor- Professoren-... καθηγητικός profesoral professori- وابسته به مقام استادی professorin professoral שֶׁל פְּרוֹפסוֹר प्राध्यापकीय tanári, professzori pekerjaan profesor prófessors-; háskólakennara- professorale 教授の 대학 교수[]의 profesoriaus, dėstytojo profesora-; pasniedzēja- macam profesor professoraal professoral, professor- profesorski professoral pro­fe­soral профессорский profesorský profesorski profesorski professors- ตำแหน่งศาสตราจารย์ profesöre ait 教授似的 професорський پرفيسري سے متعلق thuộc giáo sư 教授似的

n proˈfessorship

the post of a professor. professorskap أُسْتاذِيَّه професура profesura professorat die Professur καθηγητική έδρα cátedra professuur کرسی استادی professuuri chaire מִשרַת פְּרוֹפסוֹר प्राध्यापकी egyetemi tanszék jabatan profesor prófessorsstaða (cattedra universitaria) 教授の職 교수의 직 profesoriaus vieta profesūra jawatan profesor professoraat professorstilling, professorat profesura cátedra catedră; profesorat профессорство profesúra profesura profesorski položaj professur ตำแหน่งศาสตราจารย์ profesörlük 教授職位 професорство پرفيسر کا عہدہ chức giáo sư 教授职位

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professor → أستاذ جامعي profesor professor Professor καθηγητής profesor professori professeur d’université profesor professore 教授 교수 professor professor profesor catedrático профессор professor ศาสตราจารย์ profesör giáo sư 教授