professorship

American

[pruh-fes-er-ship] / prəˈfɛs ərˌʃɪp /

noun

the office or post of a professor.

Other Word Forms

subprofessorship noun

Etymology

Origin of professorship

First recorded in 1635–45; professor + -ship

Vocabulary lists containing professorship

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LeCun said he wasn’t going to leave New York or quit his professorship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The university has a research collaboration with the company for aerospace scholarship, offers professional education programs to current Boeing employees and is home to a professorship and department named after Boeing.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

Fitting, then, that she would accept a prestigious guest professorship this year at a German art school.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024

"Ecological zones are often very similar across national borders," explains David Wuepper, who was appointed to a new professorship in the University of Bonn's PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence as recently as April 2023.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Rutherford had relocated to Montreal and a professorship at McGill University, which featured a lavishly equipped laboratory funded by a Canadian businessman, in an early example of scientific patronage by industry.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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