Professor
[prə'fesə] or [prə'fɛsɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university.
Editor: Megan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.
(n.) One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.
Edited by Clio
Examples
- Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Being the most polite of men, he seized the opportunity of assisting the Professor's anatomical amusements on the spot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He's a false professor. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honourable mention of me in his treatise. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Soon the entire party had landed where stood Professor Porter, Mr. Philander and the weeping Esmeralda. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He studied at Leghorn under Professor Rosa, and later at the University of Bologna with Professor Righi. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In this age, he would have been a Professor; in that age, he was a Tutor. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The Professor enjoyed it too, he eyed her with strange, large blue eyes, full of galvanic fire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Speculation is futile, said Professor Porter sadly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Nothing could be more natural and proper than for my Professor to open a school, and for me to prefer to reside in my own estate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Every statesman like every professor should have his sabbatical year. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The famous Cassendi was, in the beginning of his life, a professor in the university of Aix. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We thought our Professor's foot-fall (to speak romantically) had in it a friendly promise this morning; and so it had. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I interfered, Professor Porter, replied Tarzan, because your daughter does not love Mr. Canler--she does not wish to marry him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Ere long, some noted singers and musicians dawned upon the platform: as these stars rose, the comet-like professor set. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have heard professors reply that it wasn't their business to discuss human nature but to record and interpret economic and political facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Professors Kirchhoff and Bunsen map Solar Spectrum, and establish Spectrum Analysis. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One of the professors at Madame Beck's: a very cross little man. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Sch?ffer cast a font of Greek type, and used this in printing a copy of Cicero’s De Officiis, which was eagerly bought by the professors and students of the great University of Paris. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The envy of rivals soon spread false reports about him, and the professors at Pisa refused to accept the results of his studies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Now are we to maintain that all these and any who have similar tastes, as well as the professors of quite minor arts, are philosophers? Plato. The Republic.
- Galileo laughingly wrote Kepler that the professors of philosophy were afraid to look through his telesc ope lest they should fall into heresy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was poured into him by all his professors; Hueffer (_op. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A few months later was published Cowley's proposition for an endowed college with twenty professors, four of whom should be constantly traveling in the interests of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- After the ceremony of presentation, an oration, or discours, was to follow from one of the professors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Professors Draper and Morse make first Photographic Portraits. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She won't think so when she has a literary husband, and a dozen little professors and professorins to support. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was a royal college; its professors and fellows (as we may call them) were appointed and paid by Pharaoh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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