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prof

/pɹɑf/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof.
  2. A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
  3. One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
  4. A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
  5. The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
  6. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
  7. Benefit, positive result obtained.
  8. In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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