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▪ I. prof|prɒf|
Also † U.S. proff.
(Colloq.) abbrev. of professor 4. Also attrib.
1838Yale Lit. Mag. Feb. 144 For Proffs and Tutors too, Who steer our big canoe, Prepare their lays. 1859G. H. Lewes Jrnl. 14 July in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1954) III. 116 At Berne I called on Prof. Schiff. 1888Athenæum 30 June 830/3 Prof. Bell exhibited..a specimen of a tube-forming actonian..in its tube. 1916H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap ii. 74, I bet Wilbur thinks the prof is awful old-fashioned, playing with his fingers that way. 1933Auden Dance of Death 8 With profs. from Germany. 1949H. Wadman Life Sentence 16 Prof, how are you? You don't look a day older. 1967O. Wynd Walk Softly iv. 42 It's certainly not the local practice at prof level. Heads of departments come near to be living gods. 1975C. Fremlin Long Shadow x. 79 You were at the reception desk, phoning up to the Prof.'s room. 1979L. Meynell Hooky & Villainous Chauffeur xi. 150 Don't call me Prof; it's an abbreviation I find particularly distasteful.
▪ II. prof
obs. f. proof, prove. |