professor

Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɛs.ɚ/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

Etymology

From Middle English professor, professour, from Anglo-Norman proffessur and its etymon Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -or.

In classic literature

Synonyms

prof

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
academician
Narrower (hyponyms)
assistant professor, visiting professor, regius professor, associate professor, full professor

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