regius professor

noun

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Recent Examples of regius professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch is regius professor of political science at the University of Essex and a research associate at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regius professor
  1. professor
  2. doctor
  3. dean
  4. instructor
  5. educator
  6. schoolteacher
  7. don
Noun
  • Damrell has served as a judge in the Sacramento Superior Court since 2018, and is an adjunct professor at Lincoln Law School and visiting lecturer at UC Davis.
    — Haley Parsley August 9, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • After earning his medical degree from Columbia University and teaching there as an epidemiology professor, el Sayed became the youngest-ever health director of the Detroit Health Department at the age of 30, serving from 2015 to 2017.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of professor
Noun
  • Hughes says that miscarriage concerns are common for pregnant women and that doctors are constantly discussing risks and benefits with their patients.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Wray said doctors told the family that only about 20% of her son's brain is functioning.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • Pernkopf was a Nazi functionary who became dean of the medical faculty in 1938 and rector of the university in 1943.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Kuehl pivoted to academia, eventually becoming an associate dean of students at her alma mater, UCLA, before earning a law degree from Harvard in 1978 at age 34.
    — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dean
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  • By 2021 only 32% had that status, and the rest were adjunct instructors or contract faculty.
    — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At the time that the law firm's report was released, Clower's name was listed as an instructor on the website of a dance school for children and teenagers in Texas.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Boyd, an educator, has consistently won elections since 2016 and has friends on both sides of the political aisle.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The district also took time to highlight its multilingual educators.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of educator
Noun
  • Charlotte Stewart’s bold gambit was rewarded with a four-season run as the kindly schoolteacher Eva Beadle-Simms.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Several schoolteachers described bringing the nest cam into their classrooms as a learning tool.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteacher
Noun
  • Rather than don stirrup pants — long the de facto uniform on events like pommel horse — Richard opted for shorts with white compression leggings underneath.
    — Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • On a warm summer day, dozens of Black horseback riders don boots, jeans, and cowboy hats and take to the asphalt streets of Chicago’s South Side, clopping past the vast blue expanse of Lake Michigan.
    — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026
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