professor
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,539 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,902 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university also: prof
professor in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I can't remember much after the professor fell from the car.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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It is unnecessary to observe that in this exhaustive digest Professor de Ruiz has given (VII, p.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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And when one remembers what Professor Chick's own new trade was, one doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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The bell rang: it was her old professor, the Signor Gismondo Pulei, who came to give her his daily lesson.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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His Lives of the Saints, etc., written in German and dedicated to Professor Schurmberg, his old teacher, was published in 1690.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1