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professor
pro·fes·sor [ prə féssər ] (plural pro·fes·sors)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. education college teacher of highest academic rank: a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university
2. university teacher: a teacher in a university or college
3. senior nonacademic teacher: a senior teacher of a nonacademic discipline in an institution other than a university, e.g. a music or drama school
4. somebody professing belief: somebody who professes a religious or other belief ( formal )

[14th century. Directly or via French< Latin< profess- (see profess)]

pro·fes·so·ri·al [ pròffə sáwree əl ] adjective
pro·fes·sor·ship [ prə féssər shìp ] noun
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