professor

Meaning

1. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
2. (Philippines, US, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
3. (archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
4. (obsolete) A practitioner, one who (publicly) practises or teaches an art or skill.
5. (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
6. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Synonyms

teacher

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instructor

lecturer

don

master

prof

schoolmaster

expert

pedagogue

professional

pedagog

philosopher

preceptor

pundit

rabbi

savant

scholar

teaching

tutor

Miss

Mr

sensei

Ms.

old Brahmin

old teacher

academic

prof.

academician

adviser

coach

demonstrator

docent

educator

full professor

genius

instruction

Translations

professore

🧑‍🏫

professeur

🧑‍🏫

profesor

Professor

professor

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professor

καθηγητής

professor

🧑‍🏫

profesör

hoogleraar

catedrático

professor

معلم

profesora

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈfɛsə/

Etymology

Derived from Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”).

Sentences

She was appointed assistant professor .