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university professor

American  

noun

  1. a professor entitled to teach courses in more than one field or discipline at a university.


Etymology

Origin of university professor

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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That appeared to be the case with Nouriel Roubini, the American economist and New York University professor best known for predicting the 2008-09 financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jules Boykoff, a Pacific University professor and former Olympics soccer player, suggested a good barometer of Wasserman’s prospects is how sponsors react, and whether musicians and artists want to take part in programs around the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times

“It means a lot of chaos,” said Marc L. Busch, a Georgetown University professor specializing in international trade and business diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Every generation feels like all of a sudden food is becoming an enormously prominent issue like it never was before,” says the 89-year-old nutritionist and New York University professor emerita.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We have a new class of drug that prevents weight gain and lowers cholesterol -- a potential therapy for obesity and cardiovascular disease, with additional hepatic benefits," explained lead author of the study, Jonathan Stamler, MD, President and Co-Founder, Harrington Discovery Institute, Distinguished University Professor, Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Innovation, and Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University.

From Science Daily