university professor

American  

noun

1. a professor entitled to teach courses in more than one field or discipline at a university.

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Etymology

Origin of university professor

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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university professor

Sandra Milena Franco, a university professor who lives with her family on the 13th floor of a building in the mountain city of Manizales, said she was getting ready for work when the quake struck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Fabulous,” concluded Álvaro Muñoz, 41 a university professor from Colombia, after viewing the paintings of Kahlo and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

These messages are deeply troubling, and there is plenty of criticism to heap on Summers, who now holds Harvard’s highest faculty honor as a university professor.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

Alice Stone Nakhimovsky is a retired university professor who can read Russian and Yiddish and wrote 11 books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

“I’m a university, professor with a highly developed sense of right and wrong, and I wouldn’t try to deceive you. I wouldn’t lie to anyone.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller