university professor

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of university professor¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

“It’s either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” said Jake Scott, an infectious-disease physician and Stanford University professor, writing for the media company STAT.

From Los Angeles Times

Not even American University professor Christopher Tudge, an Australian who’s regarded as the world’s foremost expert on hermit crab reproduction.

From Slate

People can lose coverage a variety of ways, said Joan Alker, a Georgetown University professor who studies Medicaid.

From Los Angeles Times

The article argues that Harris’s decision to forgo the California gubernatorial race raises a fundamental question about whether a woman can win the presidency, with Georgetown University professor Nadia E. Brown describing this as a “legitimate” concern given the Democratic Party’s post-election confusion about identity and direction.

From Los Angeles Times

The study, which ran from 2016 to 2018, was supervised by Oxford University Professor Andrew Przybylski, who has studied the impact of video games and social media on mental health.

From BBC