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профе́ссор — meaning in English

professor

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English meaning

  • academician noun A teacher or scholar, especially a senior one, working at a university or college.
  • professor noun The highest academic rank at a university, or, more loosely, any university teacher.

Senses

профе́ссор is used for these senses in English:

  • academician (now, chiefly, US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
  • professor (US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

academician — full definition

  1. noun A teacher or scholar, especially a senior one, working at a university or college.
  2. noun A person who belongs to an academy, a society set up to support science, art or literature.

professor — full definition

  1. noun The highest academic rank at a university, or, more loosely, any university teacher.
  2. noun Someone who openly declares or teaches a belief, skill, or art.
  3. noun A humorous or mocking title for someone who acts like an expert or is unusually obsessive about a subject.
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