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pro·fes·sor

(prə-fĕs′ər)

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

b. A teacher or instructor.

2. One who professes.

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

pro′fes·so′ri·al (prō′fĭ-sôr′ē-əl, prŏf′ĭ-) adj.

pro′fes·so′ri·al·ly adv.

pro·fes′sor·ship′ n.

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Adj.

professorial - relating to or characteristic of professors; "professorial demeanor"

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أُسْتاذي

profesorský

Professoren-...

professoral

professzoritanári

prófessors-; háskólakennara-

professor-professoral

profesorský

profesöre ait

学者派头的教授似的

professorial

[ˌprɒfəˈsɔːrɪəl] ADJ [post, career] → de catedrático; [tone, manner] → magistral

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

professorial

adj (of a professor) → eines Professors; (= professorlike) → wie ein Professor, professoral (pej)

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professorial

[ˌprɒfəˈsɔːrɪəl] adj → professorale

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professor

(prəˈfesə) noun

(often abbreviated to Prof. when written).

1. a university teacher who is the head of a department. He is a professor of English at Leeds; Professor Jones.

2. (American) a university teacher.

ˌprofesˈsorial (profəˈsoː-) adjective

proˈfessorship noun

the post of a professor.

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It is probable indeed that any professorial gaze lucky enough to meet a pair of dark eyes shining under that white rose garland would never have stopped at respect!

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