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

One male university professor told her: "it could have been me!"

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

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

A Russell Group university professor, who has taught at several universities and wants to remain anonymous, echoes Yasmin's concerns.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

After the meeting I met an Irish girl who worked for an advertising agency, a girl who did social work, a schoolteacher, and the wife of a prominent university professor.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright