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professor
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
professor
(noun)
assistant professor
(noun)
associate professor
(noun)
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professor
/prə
ˈ
fɛsɚ/
noun
plural
professors
professor
/prə
ˈ
fɛsɚ/
noun
plural
professors
Learner's definition of PROFESSOR
[
count
]
:
a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
a chemistry/history
professor
= a
professor
of chemistry/history
Professor
Williams will be teaching the class.
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— professorial
/ˌproʊfə
ˈ
sorijəl/
adjective
professorial
duties/appointments
He had a
professorial
look to him. = He looked
professorial
. [=he looked like a professor]
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