professor
The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
Noun 3 meanings
The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
Etymology
From Middle English professor, professour, from Anglo-Norman proffessur and its etymon Latin professor (“declarer, person who claims knowledge”), from the past participle stem of profiteor (“profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -or.
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PROFESSOR at a glance
PROFESSOR has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + F 4 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,310 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with professor
All rhymes- SPONSOR9
- ADVISOR11
- SUCCESSOR13
- SUPERVISOR15
- SENSOR6
- PROCESSOR13
- PREDECESSOR16
- PRECURSOR13
- COMPRESSOR16
- CENSOR8
- CURSOR8
- TENSOR6
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