professor
/pɹəˈfɛs.ɚ/ noun B1- 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.
- A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
- The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
Plural professors
From the library
You have heard me speak of Professor Moriarty?”
Foul-mouthed doctor and slandered professor—such would be your respective rôles!
“The other being, I presume, Professor Moriarty.”
Number one hundred and twenty-seven is ‘Government’; which at least makes sense, though somewhat irrelevant to ourselves and Professor Moriarty.
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