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

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Example Sentences

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university professor

Born in the university town of Uppsala in 1967, she is the only daughter of a university professor and a teacher.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 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

A month later, I had dinner with a university professor who told me he had a GPU – a powerful computer processor used to drive AI – under his desk.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 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

Instead of being a forest-insect field researcher, he is now a university professor.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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