PROFESSORSHIP

professorship, chair

(noun) the position of professor; “he was awarded an endowed chair in economics”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

professorship (plural professorships)

the office of a professor

Synonyms

• professorate

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*fess"or*ship, n.

Definition: The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon