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

Students who claim legacy status and whose families are among the wealthiest 1% of Americans are about five times as likely to be admitted to an Ivy Plus college as nonlegacy peers with comparable grades and test scores whose parents didn’t attend the college, according to research from Harvard University Professor Raj Chetty and his lab, Opportunity Insights.

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A university professor who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity employs a 10-year-old boy because children are "cheaper and more docile".

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Studying nearly 1,000 moai statues, Binghamton University Professor of Anthropology Carl Lipo and the University of Arizona's Terry Hunt found that the people of Rapa Nui likely used rope and "walked" the giant statues in a zig-zag motion along carefully designed roads.

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Annemarie McAvoy, a legal expert and Columbia University professor, notes that prosecutors may have testimony and documentary evidence that supports their case against Comey – evidence that was presented to the grand jury and could be used to build the case against the former director during trial.

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In a 2022 episode of the podcast “Your Weirdest Fears,” Northwestern University professor David Tolchinsky peeled the transgressive nature of eyeball horror down to a basic dread of annihilation.

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