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professor

/pɹəˈfɛs.ɚ/ noun B1
  1. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
  2. A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. (US, informal)
  3. A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc. (US, slang)
  4. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.

Plural professors

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Our French professor is simply a duck.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 294 · C1
I ought to be home studying my Virgil--that horrid old professor gave us twenty lines to start in on tomorrow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 295 · C1
Anne, Frank Stockley says that Professor Tremaine said Gilbert Blythe was sure to get the medal and that Emily Clay would likely win the Avery scholarship.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 301 · C1
It lies with me to tell for the first time what really took place between Professor Moriarty and Mr.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 101 · B2

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