professor
noun
A2
/prəˈfesə(r)/
(also informal prof)
(abbreviation Prof.)
1 (especially British English) (North American English full professor) a university teacher of the highest rank
Professor (Ann) Williams
professor of something
to be appointed professor of economics at Cambridge
He was made (a) professor at the age of 40.
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2 (North American English) a teacher at a university or college
a university/college professor
a chemistry/law professor
professor of something
a professor of psychology/political science
She was my professor when I was a grad student.
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COMPARE assistant professor, associate professor
Collocations
adjective
distinguished
eminent
respected
preposition
professor of
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.