professŏr

  • 21professor — noun (C) especially BrE 1 a teacher of the highest rank in a university department; full professor AmE: Thank you, Professor Barclay, for your comments. | my science professor | a professor of history 2 AmE a teacher at a university or college:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22professor —    In Britain it is only a teacher of the highest rank in a university department who is addressed as ‘Professor’; in the USA the title is extended, normally, to other teachers at a university or college, and in some cases, to school teachers.… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 23professor — n. 1) (AE) an adjunct; assistant; associate; full professor 2) (GB) a Regius professor (appointed by the Crown) 3) a research; visiting professor 4) a professor emeritus, an emeritus professor 5) a college (esp. US), university professor 6) (misc …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24professor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ distinguished, eminent ▪ respected ▪ a respected law professor at a prestigious university ▪ absent minded, eccentric, mad …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25professor — pro|fes|sor [ prə fesər ] noun count *** 1. ) AMERICAN a teacher in a college or university. Someone begins as an assistant professor, then becomes an associate professor, and finally a full professor: I was waiting outside Professor Hertz s… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26professor */*/ — UK [prəˈfesə(r)] / US [prəˈfesər] noun [countable] Word forms professor : singular professor plural professors Differences between British and American English: professor: In the UK, a professor is a university teacher of the highest status,… …

    English dictionary

  • 27professor — professorial /proh feuh sawr ee euhl, sohr , prof euh /, adj. professorialism, n. professorially, adv. /preuh fes euhr/, n. 1. a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a… …

    Universalium

  • 28professor — pro|fes|sor [prəˈfesə US ər] n 1.) BrE a teacher of the highest rank in a university department ▪ Professor Barclay professor of Chinese/economics/religion etc ▪ She s been named the professor of English. 2.) AmE a teacher at a university or… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29Professor — Pro·fẹs·sor [ soːɐ̯] der; s, Pro·fes·so̲·ren; 1 ein Titel für Lehrer an der Universität; Abk Prof. <zum Professor ernannt werden> || K: Universitätsprofessor, Fachhochschulprofessor 2 jemand, der diesen Titel trägt <ein ordentlicher,… …

    Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • 30Professor — Pro|fẹs|sor 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: so|ren; Abk.: Prof.〉 1. beamteter Hochschullehrer; UniversitätsProfessor; Professor der Germanistik, der Medizin; ordentlicher, außerordentlicher Professor 2. 〈Ehrentitel für〉 Gelehrter, Künstler 3. 〈früher Titel… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch