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professor¹
- /pɹəˈfɛs.ə/ UK
- /pɹəˈfɛs.ɚ/ Canada, US
- /pɹəˈfes.ə/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛsə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English professor, professour, from Anglo-Norman proffessur and its etymon Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -or.
noun professors · professour
- The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution. Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years.
- A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
- One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. […] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith.
- A practitioner, one who (publicly) practises or teaches an art or skill. Two young men of familiar acquaintance … were one euening at a common Inne of this town (as I haue heard) where the one of them shewed his skill on the Virginals, to the no little contentement of the hearers. Nowe as diuers guests of the house came into the room to listen, so among the rest entered
- A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. You could hear […] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.
- The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
Professor²
noun Professors · Prof.
- The title for someone who holds the job of professor.
- A mock title for a person seen as pedantic or obsessive on a topic. This is just what I wanted. I got professor environment pants over here, and I can't get my jetski started. How am I gonna get back?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: educator, faculty, teacher, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, lecturer, scholar, tutor, instructor, instruction, sir, teach, teaching, visiting, prof, academic
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noun higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
| Español | profesor, profesora, maestro catedrático endowed chair, maestra catedrática, endowed chair, maestro catedrático, endowed chair |
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| 한국어 | 교수 gyosu, 선생 seonsaeng |
| 日本語 | 教授 kyōju, 先生 sensei |
| 中文 | 教授 jiàoshòu, 老師 /老师 lǎoshī |
| हिन्दी | प्रोफ़ेसर profesar, प्राध्यापक prādhyāpak |
| Kiswahili | profesa |
| Português | professor, professora |
| Français | professeur, professeure, professeuse, prof |
| Deutsch | Professor, Professorin, Professorsgattin, Prof., Prof, Hochschulprofessor |
| Italiano | professore |
| Ελληνικά | καθηγητής kathigitís, καθηγήτρια kathigítria |
| Română | profesor, profesoară |
| Русский | профе́ссор proféssor, профе́ссорша proféssorša |
| Tiếng Việt | giáo sư |
| العربية | أُسْتَاذ ʔustāḏ, مُعَلِّم muʕallim |
| עברית | פְּרוֹפֶסוֹר profésor, פְּרוֹפֶסוֹרִית profésorit, פרופ׳ prof. |
noun one who professes (a faith or religion)
| Deutsch | Bekenner, Bekennerin |
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title = {professor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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