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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
professor/prəˈfesə(r)/

▶noun

1 (N. Amer. also full professor) a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.
■ N. Amer. a university teacher.

2 a person who affirms a faith in or allegiance to something.

– derivatives
professorate noun,
professorial adjective,
professorially adverb,
professoriate noun,
professorship noun.

– origin ME: from L. professor, from profess-, profiteri (see profess).

'professor' also found in these Oxford entries:

assistant professor - associate professor - central casting - emeritus - full professor - instructor - prof - Prof. - profess - reader - Regius professor - STP - U

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