professorship

[ pruh-fes-er-ship ]

/ prəˈfɛs ərˌʃɪp /

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noun

the office or post of a professor.

Origin of professorship

First recorded in 1635–45; professor + -ship

OTHER WORDS FROM professorship

sub·pro·fes·sor·ship, noun

Words nearby professorship

professionalize, Professional Standards Review Organization, professor, professorate, professoriate, professorship, proffer, profibrinolysin, proficiency, proficiency badge, proficient

Example sentences from the Web for professorship

Is it difficult to balance your professorship with your career as an author?
How I Write: Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Winner of ‘The Swerve’|Noah Charney|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Did Elizabeth Warren, who is 1/32 Cherokee, obtain a Harvard professorship with help from her “minority” status?
Cherokee Heritage Debate Snares Mass. Senate Hopeful Elizabeth Warren|Jesse Singal|May 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
To his memory there is a professorship at the London University by the name of Ricardo.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
This professorship was an expansion of the natural science lectureships founded by the great Linacre.
Cambridge|Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker

He was educated at Geneva, and through the influence of Voltaire obtained a professorship at Cassel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various
From 1873 till his death he held the Academy's professorship of architecture.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
At the time he occupied a professorship in the General Theological Seminary.
Literary New York|Charles Hemstreet