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professorship

[ pruh-fes-er-ship ]

/ prəˈfɛs ərˌʃɪp /

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noun

the office or post of a professor.

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Origin of professorship

First recorded in 1635–45; professor + -ship

OTHER WORDS FROM professorship

sub·pro·fes·sor·ship, noun

Words nearby professorship

professionalize, Professional Standards Review Organization, professor, professorate, professoriate, professorship, proffer, profibrinolysin, proficiency, proficiency badge, proficient

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Example sentences from the Web for professorship

Hitting those targets again and again is the key to tenure, the full professorship, hopefully the lucrative lectures.
How Social Scientists, and the Rest of Us, Got Seduced By a Good Story|Megan McArdle|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Is it difficult to balance your professorship with your career as an author?
How I Write: Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Winner of ‘The Swerve’|Noah Charney|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The average starting salary for a tenure-track professorship in visual and performing arts is about $50,000.
Did My Education Cost Too Much?|Jessica Feldman|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Did Elizabeth Warren, who is 1/32 Cherokee, obtain a Harvard professorship with help from her “minority” status?
Cherokee Heritage Debate Snares Mass. Senate Hopeful Elizabeth Warren|Jesse Singal|May 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The talk about a professorship was in her estimation the wayward, humorous whim of an eccentric who was fond of solemn joking.
Overland|John William De Forest
Give the story of his struggles with poverty in exile, his love affairs, his professorship, his marriage and invalidism.
The Complete Club Book for Women|Caroline French Benton
As may be imagined, his professorship was not one of long duration, and he soon had few or no listeners.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
A year later he accepted the professorship of astronomy and physics in the Western University at Pittsburg.
Heroes of To-Day|Mary R. Parkman
The poor cuss sees no chance of getting a professorship anywhere, and is likely to go into the observatory for good.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James

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