professor (prəˈfɛsə
)
Definitions
noun
- the principal lecturer or teacher in a field of learning at a university or college; a holder of a university chair
- mainly US Canadian any teacher in a university or college See also associate professor , assistant professor , full professor
- a person who claims skill and instructs others in some sport, occupation, etc
- a person who professes his opinions, beliefs, etc
Alternative Forms
professorial (ˌprɒfɪˈsɔːrɪəl) adjective ˌprofesˈsorially adverb Word Origin
C14: from Medieval Latin: one who has made his profession in a religious order, from Latin: a public teacher; see professQuotations
"A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep"
Translations
- British English:
professor
A professor in a British university is the most senior teacher in a department....the Professor of Psychology.prəˈfɛsə NOUN ...the Professor of Psychology.
- Spanish:
profesor
nm profesora
- French: professeur d’université nm
- German:
Professor
nm Professorin
- Chinese: 教授 n
- Arabic: أُسْتَاذ جَامِعِي n
- Portuguese: catedrático nm catedrática
- Russian: профессор nm
- Croatian: profesor nm
- Czech: profesor nm profesorka
- Danish: professor nutr
- Dutch: professor nm
- Finnish: professori n
- Greek: καθηγητής n καθηγήτρια
- Italian: professore nm professoressa
- Japanese: 教授 n
- Korean: 교수 n
- Norwegian: professor nm
- Polish: profesor nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: catedrático nm catedrática
- European Spanish:
profesor
nm profesora
- Swedish: professor nutr
- Thai: ศาสตราจารย์ n
- Turkish: profesör n
- Vietnamese: giáo sư n
Usage examples
I think they're saying something about asking the professor.
, Something in the Water (1994)I was offered a job by John Dewey, the professor of geology at Oxford, who had set up a project on the origin of the Andes.
New Scientist (2004)Martin Wiseman, a professor at the Institute of Human Nutrition in Southampton, said:'This points us in the direction we need to go.
Glasgow Herald (2001)I felt exhausted by the time I finished speaking, and, there being no questions, the professor rose and thanked me.
, MORTIFICATION: Writers' Stories of their Public Shame (2003)