professor
pronunciation
How to pronounce professor in British English:
UK [prəˈfesə(r)]
How to pronounce professor in American English:
US [prəˈfesər]
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- Noun:
- someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
Word Origin
- professor (n.)
- late 14c., "one who teaches a branch of knowledge," from Old French professeur (14c.) and directly from Latin professor "person who professes to be an expert in some art or science; teacher of highest rank," agent noun from profiteri "lay claim to, declare openly" (see profess). As a title prefixed to a name, it dates from 1706. Short form prof is recorded from 1838. Professor. One professing religion. This canting use of the word comes down from the Elizabethan period, but is obsolete in England. [Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]
Example
- 1. Robert sutton , professor of management science and engineering , stanford university
- 2. Fairchild is now a recognized and influential business professor at darden .
- 3. U.c.l.a. professor tang said that politics are helping to inflame the situation .
- 4. Today salovey , 55 , is yale 's president and a professor of psychology .
- 5. If the once-skeptical professor now sounds like an online evangelist , he is .