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
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Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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He was ultimately not accepted to Columbia where his father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a professor of Government and a professor of anthropology political science and African studies.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
For those in New England, these and other deeds aren't forgotten, but perhaps more attention could be paid on the national level, said Dr. Robert J. Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
The book’s authors, Mabel B. Casner, a Connecticut schoolteacher, and Ralph Henry Gabriel, a Yale professor, set out to make history matter.
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Totality will be experienced at the 17th-century Parador de Lerma, directly on the centerline, with astronomy talks and guided viewing from veteran astronomer and eclipse chaser Alex Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
For those in New England, these and other deeds aren't forgotten, but perhaps more attention could be paid on the national level, said Dr. Robert J. Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
The book’s authors, Mabel B. Casner, a Connecticut schoolteacher, and Ralph Henry Gabriel, a Yale professor, set out to make history matter.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2025
Totality will be experienced at the 17th-century Parador de Lerma, directly on the centerline, with astronomy talks and guided viewing from veteran astronomer and eclipse chaser Alex Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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“Professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professor. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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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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