profess /prə-fesˈ or prō-/

1. To make open declaration of
2. To declare in strong terms
3. To claim, often insincerely, to have a feeling of
4. To pretend to
5. To claim to be expert in
6. To be professor of
7. To receive into a religious order by profession (RC)

1. To enter publicly into a religious order
2. To pretend friendship (Shakespeare)
3. To be a professor

professedˈ adjective

1. Openly declared
2. Avowed
3. Alleged
4. Acknowledged
5. Having made a profession (of a religious belief, etc)

professˈedly adverb

professˈing adjective

1. Avowed
2. Pretending, soi-disant

profession /-feshˈən/ noun

1. The act of professing
2. An open declaration
3. An avowal
4. A declaration of religious belief made upon entering a religious order
5. A pretence

professor /prə-fesˈər/ noun

1. Someone who professes
2. Someone who openly declares belief in certain doctrines
3. A university or college teacher of the highest grade, esp the head of a department (used as a title prefixed to the name)
4. In N America, a university or college teacher of any grade (prefixed to the name), rising from assistant professor, associate professor to full professor (see also associate professor under associate)
5. A title assumed by charlatans, quacks, dancing-masters, etc

professˈorate noun

Professoriate

professˈoress noun (rare)

A female professor

professorial /prof-es-ōˈri-əl or prof-es-öˈri-əl/ adjective

professoˈrially adverb

professoˈriate noun

1. The office or chair of a professor
2. His or her period of office
3. A body of professors

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