Definizione monolingua

professor

professor (plural professors)

1. A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.
2. A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated Prof.
3. An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised)
   • Examples: Professor Plum or Prof. Plum.
4. (archaic) One who professes.
   • 1897, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Introduction, p. v:

     This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;

5. (US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:

     You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.

Definizione dizionario professor

	professore
	a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university
	A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.

cattedratico

docente

insegnante

professore ordinario

Altri significati:

A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated Prof.

(archaic) One who professes.

(US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.