professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfe-sər 
1
: one that professes, avows, or declares
2
a
: a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education
b
: a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school
c
: one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill
Examples of professor in a Sentence
Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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The codes dictate what the land's owner can and can't do on the land, said Tom Daniels, a professor of urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Claire Thornton, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
Post, a professor of constitutional law who has a Ph.D. in American Civilization, searches for the origins of the Court’s current divisions.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Robert Lodder a professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, consulted with experts in engineering, digital media, linguistics, philosophy and science fiction on how best to market Lexington to extraterrestrials.
—Eric Lagatta, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
That average nearly doubled to 72 per year from 2018 through 2022, according to an analysis by Robert Schneider, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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Claire Thornton, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
Post, a professor of constitutional law who has a Ph.D. in American Civilization, searches for the origins of the Court’s current divisions.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Robert Lodder a professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, consulted with experts in engineering, digital media, linguistics, philosophy and science fiction on how best to market Lexington to extraterrestrials.
—Eric Lagatta, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
That average nearly doubled to 72 per year from 2018 through 2022, according to an analysis by Robert Schneider, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfes-ər
: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
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