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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
professor
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a university lecturer/professor
▪ Her father was a university lecturer and her mother a teacher.
assistant professor
associate professor
full professor/member/colonel etc
▪ Only full members have the right to vote.
visiting professor
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
assistant
▪ On I January 1803 he was appointed assistant professor at 100 guineas perannum.
▪ He got his Nobel for the work he started as an assistant professor at Harvard.
full
▪ Harris rose to the position of full professor at York in 1971.
▪ In 1979 the department refused to promote him to full professor.
▪ Into his life walks the daughter of one of the full professors.
old
▪ They banged tables and a little old professor would shout and stab the air with his cigar.
▪ He wondered whether his old professor would have approached him under such circumstances.
▪ It's true what they say, old professors never die, they just lose their faculties.
■ NOUN
associate
▪ Mr Tolleson returned to his alma mater in 1971 as an associate professor to teach band arranging and music theory.
college
▪ He must have enjoyed it when he was scoring off his pupils in his days as a college professor.
▪ Doctoral degree recipients generally become college professors or work in an area of research.
▪ A survey asked 1,245 randomly selected college professors how much they gave to charity each year.
▪ He plays Sherman Klump, a college professor and genetics researcher.
▪ Perhaps this person was a college professor who assigned absurd papers-and too many of them.
▪ Susana Orozco wants to be an actress or a college professor, is the oldest of three children and loves art class.
emeritus
▪ He retired in 1964 with the title professor emeritus of the University of London.
▪ Noel Timms is professor emeritus, University of Leicester.
▪ Ben Bagdikian, professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley.
▪ Nathan Keyfitz, a professor emeritus of sociology and population at Harvard University, has spent considerable time analyzing the debate.
history
▪ A military history professor is retiring.
▪ Actually, Wilson had suffered a series of strokes, starting at age thirty-nine when he was a history professor at Princeton.
▪ A history professor at Baghdad University, Sadoun Fadil, said people rally around their leader during hard times.
▪ He was going to bury himself in a library for a few years, then become a history professor.
law
▪ But was I happy for the football mentality when I encountered my first law professors!
▪ After a year or two with law professors, students have lost their idealism.
math
▪ For example, one chair went to a female math professor.
▪ Neither did several other math professors, including Morris Hirsch, who was active in the anti-war movement when Kaczynski taught there.
▪ Co-star Jeff Bridges is a hapless Columbia math professor who turns to jelly in the presence of beautiful women.
▪ Y., a Long Island University math professor, pointed out that saving is often not so simple.
▪ Kaczynski was an assistant math professor at the campus from 1967 to 1969.
psychology
▪ But my psychology professors seemed not to care at all about minorities.
▪ Gary Wells, a psychology professor at Iowa State University, suggested that posters with composite drawings asked the wrong questions.
▪ Two university psychology professors say they have scientific evidence that southerners are more prone to violence than northerners.
school
▪ Law school professors, in my view, are the drones and morticians of the profession.
sociology
▪ Tolnay is a sociology professor at the University of Albany in New York.
university
▪ For example, in 1984, fewer than 3 percent of university professors were women.
▪ Their fathers were university professors and lawyers and accountants and advertisers who jogged around this lake in support hose.
▪ He was replaced by Humberto de la Calle, 44, a university professor and barrister.
▪ William Vickrey, a retired Columbia University professor, died just three days after the prize announcement.
▪ The group is composed mostly of university professors, though of every persuasion from Keynesian to libertarian to Marxist.
▪ He was, he said, a university professor.
▪ Thirty percent of college and university professors, it is asserted, are con men, harassers, layabouts and plagiarists.
■ VERB
become
▪ Instead, he became a professor of immunology but says that he still enjoys cooking.
▪ Illmensee became a professor at the University of Geneva and Hoppe went with him.
▪ Doctoral degree recipients generally become college professors or work in an area of research.
▪ In 1885 Meldola became professor of chemistry at Finsbury Technical College.
▪ He was going to bury himself in a library for a few years, then become a history professor.
▪ He then became professor in Basle, where he remained for the rest of his long life.
▪ In 1891, he returned to Geneva where in 1906, he became professor of General Linguistics.
retire
▪ He retired as a professor of chemistry in 1980 but had continued his research until recently.
▪ William Vickrey, a retired Columbia University professor, died just three days after the prize announcement.
▪ And what about this retired professor of criminal justice?
study
▪ A Tokyo professor who studied secret papers, claimed the horror was hushed up after the war.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
emeritus professor/director etc
professor/director etc emeritus
▪ Ben Bagdikian, professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley.
▪ He retired in 1964 with the title professor emeritus of the University of London.
▪ Nathan Keyfitz, a professor emeritus of sociology and population at Harvard University, has spent considerable time analyzing the debate.
▪ Noel Timms is professor emeritus, University of Leicester.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Professor Paterson will give the keynote address.
▪ a professor of physics
▪ Archie's father is a retired physics professor.
▪ She's a professor of history at Oxford University.
▪ The meeting will be chaired by Professor Andrew Jones.
▪ Who is your economics professor?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Be sure the professor provides intensive feedback and is willing to look at materials from your work.
▪ Did I need protection, or was the professor miffed for his own reasons?
▪ From 1984 until the present he was a professor in the department of journalism at New York University.
▪ Several of the professors were internationally known figures who lectured to large audiences and engaged in public debates over controversial issues.
▪ The professor, who was greatly respected and whose classes were much enjoyed, used to stage an experiment.
▪ This professor constantly uses vulgar expressions.
▪ This professor, at least, and the students at the cabin were happy to see her.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Professor

Professor \Pro*fess"or\, n. [L., a teacher, a public teacher: cf. F. professeur. See Profess.]

  1. 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. ``Professors of religion.''
    --Bacon.

  2. One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
professor

late 14c., "one who teaches a branch of knowledge," from Old French professeur (14c.) and directly from Latin professor "person who professes to be an expert in some art or science; teacher of highest rank," agent noun from profiteri "lay claim to, declare openly" (see profess). As a title prefixed to a name, it dates from 1706. Short form prof is recorded from 1838.\n\nProfessor. One professing religion. This canting use of the word comes down from the Elizabethan period, but is obsolete in England.

[Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]

Wiktionary
professor

n. 1 A teacher or faculty member at a college or university. 2 A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated Prof. 3 An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised) 4 (context archaic English) One who professes. 5 (context US slang English) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. 6 The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

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WordNet
professor

n. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university [syn: prof]

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Professor (stock character)

The Professor is a common generic name for fictional characters who fill the role of doctors, scientists, or mad scientists. While most characters identified as "the Professor" usually have a longer name, this generic title is the most commonly used.

Famous characters identified as "the Professor" include:

  • William Crimsworth in Charlotte Brontë's novel The Professor
  • Professor (Futurama), from the TV series Futurama
  • The Professor (Gilligan's Island) from the TV series Gilligan's Island
  • Professor Utonium from The Powerpuff Girls
  • The Professor from the Felix the Cat cartoons
  • The Professor from McDonaldland
  • Professor Digory Kirke of The Chronicles of Narnia series
  • The Professor from The Bourne Identity
  • Professor (Spyro character) from the Spyro the Dragon video game series
  • Professor Maximillian Arturo, from the TV series Sliders
  • Professor Ernst Lodz from Carnivàle
  • Professor Oak from the Pokémon anime series
  • During the last couple of seasons of the original Doctor Who TV series, Ace habitually addressed The Doctor as "Professor".
  • The Professor, a character in the stage shows of rock band The Aquabats and the TV series The Aquabats! Super Show!
  • Emmett Brown from Back to the Future
  • Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series
Professor (disambiguation)

A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university.

Professor may also refer to:

  • Professor (highest academic rank), highest academic rank at universities
Professor (1962 film)

Professor is a 1962 Hindi movie, produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Bela Bose, Lalita Pawar, Tun Tun, and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office hit. The film was remade in Tamil as Nadigan (1990), in Telugu as Bhale Mastaru (1969), Peddinti Alludu (1991) and in Kannada as Gopi Krishna.

Professor (highest academic rank)

Professor (informally also known as full professor) is the highest academic rank at universities and other institutions of higher education in parts of the world. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of the highest rank.

Professor (1972 film)

Professor is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam . The film stars Sharada, Gemini Ganesan, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and Baby Rajashree in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.

Professor

Professor, informally often known as full professor, is the highest academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences, a teacher of the highest rank. In some countries, the word professor is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor.

Professors conduct original research and commonly teach undergraduate, graduate, or professional courses in their fields of expertise. In universities with graduate schools, professors may mentor and supervise graduate students who are conducting research for a thesis or dissertation. Professors typically hold a Ph.D., another doctorate or a different terminal degree. Some professors hold a master's degree or a professional degree such as an MD as their highest degree.

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Usage examples of "professor".

However, Professor Schleiermacher was a specimen of that noble type of scientific men to whom gold was merely the rare metal Au, and diamonds merely the element C in the scarcest of its manifold allotropic embodiments.

Guy Patin, Dean of the Faculty of Paris, Professor at the Royal College, Author of the Antimonial Martyrology, a wit and a man of sense and learning, who died almost two hundred years ago, had come to the same conclusion, though the chemists of his time boasted of their remedies.

Gallagher, the surgeon for the appendectomy, had a firmer grip on his emotions than the medical-school professor had.

I still wish I knew why Professor Rossi was compelled to write to me that he did not know about our archive here, which seems a lie, does it not?

Professor Helman at the university is working on a bacteriophage which could provide the answer.

Bean sleeping bag 4,000 feet up in a frosty meadow thirty miles south of Lake Tahoe wrapped around a skinny naked thirty-something beardy professor of mathematics from a fairly undistinguished new university who has always been a hell of a lot luckier at cards than at love?

And I am asked to lend my chaise and the cattle I have hired to a bedlamite Scotch professor to go seeking a fantastic name through the length of England!

A tincture of allied berries was used of old by ladies of fashion in the land of the Pharaohs, as discovered among the mummy graves by Professor Baeyer, of Munich.

The world knows your phenomenal skill in billiards, Professor, a talent second only to your amazing aptitude in theoretical physics.

Nathan Twining of the AAF and then USAF Air Material Command Professor Donald Menzel, Harvard astronomer and Naval Intelligence cryptography expert Vannevar Bush, Joint Research and Development Board Chairman Detlev Bronk, Chairman of the National Research Council and biologist who would ultimately be named to the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.

It is the very way Professor Osborn and I built the colossal skeleton brontosaur that stands fifty-seven feet long and sixteen feet high in the Natural History Museum, the awe and admiration of all the world, the stateliest skeleton that exists on the planet.

She was a friend of Gene Tunney, Grover Whalen, Dwight Fiske, the Duke of Westminster, Heywood Broun, Professor Millikan and Representative Sol Bloom.

In the International Journal of Ethics for April, 1904, there appeared an article in defence of animal experimentation by Professor Charles S.

America raised, not in condemnation of all experimentation upon animals, but solely in protest against its cruelty and secrecy, and in appeal for its reform, was that of the leading American surgeon of his time, Professor Henry J.

Yet another was the little black Hydrops ferox, as the Professor named him.