Definition of professor
1 : one that professes, avows, or declares
2a : a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher educationb : a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary schoolc : one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill
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Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
Recent Examples of professor from the Web
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Reach Bryant Stamford, a professor of kinesiology and integrative physiology at Hanover College, at stamford@hanover.edu.
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His opponent was Chinook, a checkers-playing program programmed by Jonathan Schaeffer, a round, frizzy-haired professor from the University of Alberta, who operated the machine.
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Potentially dangerous stem cell treatments are being marketed on a website the federal government established to help patients find experimental therapies, according to a prominent professor of bioethics.
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Walsh, a professor at Chapman University in California, told Space.com.
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Kristal Brent Zook (@KristalZook) is a professor of journalism at Hofstra University and the author of Black Women’s Lives: Stories of Power and Pain (Nation).
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Cheese Appreciation Class The Cheese 101 course at Andrew’s Cheese Shop is led by a playfully surly professor whose mien is a mix of neurotic George Costanza charm and Joe Rogan’s free-range passion.
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Lauren Streicher, M.D., an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, says your doctor isn’t being shady—the recommendations on which tests to give just aren’t clear.
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John V. Tucker, a professor of computer science at Swansea University and an avid researcher of computability theory, argues that Recorde is far more significant than his reputation suggests.
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First Known Use of professor
14th century
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PROFESSOR Defined for English Language Learners
professor
playDefinition of professor for English Language Learners
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: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
PROFESSOR Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of professor for Students
: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
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