Professor

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See also: professor and prófessor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Professor (plural Professors)

  1. The title for someone who holds the job of professor.
  2. (informal, sometimes derogatory) A mock title for a person seen as pedantic or obsessive on a topic.

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin professor (declarer, person who claims knowledge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁoˈfɛsoːɐ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: Pro‧fes‧sor

Noun

Professor m (mixed, genitive Professors, plural Professoren, diminutive Professorchen n or Professorlein n, feminine Professorin)

  1. professor
    • 1853, I./J. F. Böhringer, editor, Illustrirte Novellen-Zeitung. I. Jahrgang, page 55:
      Miß Panell aus Massachusetts, ist zum Professor der Literatur und der lateinischen Sprache am Kollegium zu Ohio ernannt worden. Also ein weiblicher Professor! Da werden doch die Kollegien fleißig besucht werden?
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    • 2006, Michael Schüring, Minervas verstoßene Kinder: Vertriebene Wissenschaftler und die Vergangenheitspolitik der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, section Dank
      Dank in vieler Hinsicht schulde ich den Projektleiterinnen des Forschungsprogramms, Frau Professor Dr. Doris Kaufmann, Frau Professor Dr. Carola Sachse und Frau PD Dr. Susanne Heim[.]
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    • 2008, Claus Leggewie, Christoph Sachße, editors, Soziale Demokratie, Zivilgesellschaft und Bürgertugenden: Festschrift für Adalbert Evers, page 163:
      Während weibliche Professoren in einem stärkeren Umfang als ihre männlichen Kollegen angeben, auf soziale Kontakte und Freunde verzichtet zu haben, zeigt sich bei den Führungskräften im NPO-Bereich eine leicht umgekehrte Tendenz.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Professor” in Duden online
  • Professor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache