professorship

[ pruh-fes-er-ship ]

/ prəˈfɛs ərˌʃɪp /

the office or post of a professor.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1635–45; professor + -ship

sub·pro·fes·sor·ship, noun

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
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
To his memory there is a professorship at the London University by the name of Ricardo.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
This professorship was an expansion of the natural science lectureships founded by the great Linacre.
Cambridge|Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker

He was educated at Geneva, and through the influence of Voltaire obtained a professorship at Cassel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various
From 1873 till his death he held the Academy's professorship of architecture.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
At the time he occupied a professorship in the General Theological Seminary.
Literary New York|Charles Hemstreet