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noun
- A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.
- A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated Prof.
- (context, US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:
- :You could hear ... pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.
Translations: - French: professeur(fr)m
- German: Professor , Professorin
- Italian: professore(it)m
- Spanish: profesora(es, profesor, m, {{t-, es)f
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman proffessur, from Latin, professor "declarer, person who claims knowledge", from the past participle stem of profiteri "profess".
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