professor

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see also: Professor

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pɹəˈfɛsə/
• (America) IPA: /pɹəˈfɛsɚ/

Noun

professor (plural professors)

1. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof.
2. (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.
   • 1897, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Introduction, p. v:

     This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;

4. (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:

     You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.

5. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Synonyms

• prof

Translations

• French: professeur, professeure, prof, professeuse
• German: Professor, Professorin, Professorsgattin (professor's wife), Prof. (abbrev.), Prof (colloquial short form), Hochschulprofessor, Hochschulprofessorin, Hochschullehrer, Hochschullehrerin
• Italian: professore
• Portuguese: professor, professora
• Russian: профе́ссор
• Spanish: profesor, profesora

Translations

• German: Bekenner, Bekennerin

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Professor

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Noun

professor (plural professors)

1. The title for someone who holds the professor job.

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