professor
noun
[ prəˈfɛsə ]
• a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.
• "Professor Goodwin"
Similar:
holder of a chair,
chair,
head of faculty,
head of department,
Regius professor,
emeritus professor,
don,
academic,
full professor,
academician,
prof,
• a person who affirms a faith in or allegiance to something.
• "the professors of true religion"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri (see profess).
