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   professor

   /prəˈfɛsə/

   noun

   • 1. a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair: "Professor Goodwin"
   • ▪ an associate professor or an assistant professor. North American
   • 2. a person who affirms a faith in or allegiance to something: "the professors of true religion"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin professor, from profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri (see profess).

   Scrabble Points: 14

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