professor

noun pro·fes·sor \ prə-ˈfe-sər \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Examples: professor in a Sentence

Definition of professor

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

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professorial

play \ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-əl, ˌprä-\ adjective

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professorially

play \-ē-ə-lē\ adverb

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professorship

play \prə-ˈfe-sər-ˌship\ noun

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Examples of professor in a Sentence

Professor Williams will be teaching the class.

Recent Examples of professor from the Web

Matthew Coles, a law professor at the University of California at Hastings, said Seitz’s grievances may add up to a claim that her First Amendment was violated.

— tim stelloh /, NBC News, "A school silenced its valedictorian when she brought up sexual assault. Is that legal?," 12 June 2018
The rationale, said Judy Ritter, a law professor at Widener University School of Law in Delaware, is that the drug trade is often accompanied by violence.

— jason laughlin, Philly.com, "Uber changes direction on drivers' criminal history," 11 June 2018
Democrat Katie Porter, a UC Irvine consumer law professor, was endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and finished second to GOP Rep. Mimi Walters of Irvine in the primary for the 45th District.

— john wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, "Is Orange County fertile ground for the left? California Dems are counting on it," 11 June 2018
Abbe Gluck, a Yale University law professor who has followed Obamacare litigation for years, told me Friday.

— dylan scott, Vox, "Legal scholars think the new Obamacare lawsuit is “ludicrous”," 8 June 2018
University of Cincinnati biology professor Bruce Jayne tells Leahy that a snake’s nervous system can respond to stimulus without needing the brain to send a signal.

— meilan solly, Smithsonian, "Why Rattlesnakes Are Just as Dangerous Dead or Alive," 8 June 2018
Mr Conte, a law professor, belongs neither to the Northern League, which Mr Salvini leads, nor to the Five Star Movement (M5S), the senior partner in the coalition.

— The Economist, "Italy’s new government wants to deport 500,000 people," 7 June 2018
The primary fight on the left mostly came down to Porter and Dave Min, both UC Irvine law professors who spent the closing weeks of the campaign attacking each other.

— christine mai-duc, latimes.com, "Rep. Mimi Walters will face Katie Porter in central Orange County's 45th District," 6 June 2018
Stanford University Law professor Michele Dauber launched the recall effort in June 2016, reports CBS San Francisco.

— CBS News, "Stanford sex assault case judge recalled by Northern Calif. voters," 6 June 2018

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