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Definition of Professor

1. Noun. Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university.

Definition of Professor

1. n. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.

Definition of Professor

1. Noun. A teacher or faculty member at a college or university. ¹

2. Noun. A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated Prof. ¹

3. Noun. An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised) ¹

4. Noun. (archaic) One who professes. ¹

5. Noun. (US slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Professor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Professor

Literary usage of Professor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"professor ERB, the neurologist, of Heidelberg, has died at the age of eighty-three years. FOR the Toronto meeting of the American Association one of the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Speakers: professor Emile Picard, The Sorbonne, member of the Institute of ... Chairman: professor Samuel W. Stratton, director of the National Bureau of ..."

3. Bulletin by Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women (1905)
"REGINALD H. FITZ, MD, Hersey professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic. ... CHARLES M. GREEN, MD, Associate professor of Obstetrics and Clinical ..."

4. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"STEVENSON: Essays Edited by WILLIAM LYON PHELPS, Lampson professor of English Literature, Yale University SWIFT: Selections Edited by HARDIN CRAIG, ..."

5. The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1911)
"D., professor of English, University of Minnesota. King John —HENRY M, BELDEN, ... Merry Wives of Windsor—FEED P. EMERY, AM, professor of Rhetoric and ..."

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