professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfe-sər 
1
: one that professes, avows, or declares
2
a
: a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education
b
: a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school
c
: one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill
Examples of professor in a Sentence
Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
After all, every hour a professor spends on patenting is an hour not spent writing grant proposals.
—Joshua M. Pearce, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2025
Lucinda Grande, a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, has trialed using ketamine, a dissociative drug, to ease symptoms while her patients transition from fentanyl to buprenorphine.
—Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
Ren Ng, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, co-authored the study and participated in the experiment along with two of his colleagues.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
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professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfes-ər
: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
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