professor : Idioms & Phrases


assistant professor

  • noun a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor
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associate professor

  • noun a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor
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english professor

  • noun someone who teaches English
    English teacher.
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full professor

  • noun a professor of the highest rank
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Regius professor

  • noun holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron
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  • an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university.
Webster 1913

visiting professor

  • noun a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time
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