full professor

noun

1. professor ( def 1 ).

full professor

noun

1. a university teacher of the highest academic rank

Word History and Origins

Origin of full professor¹

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

Instead, he became a member of the faculty at Columbia from 1950 to 1971, rising to the rank of full professor.

From Washington Post

It occurred when he became a full professor with tenure at Syracuse University.

From The Daily Beast

In 1990, he was recruited to Yale, where he became a full professor in 1994.

From The Daily Beast

That would give you $70,000 to $80,000 a year for a full professor.

From The Daily Beast

She discharged her duties so successfully that in 1884 she was appointed full professor.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1853 he became professor extraordinarius of theology at Leiden, and in 1855 full professor.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, even a full professor seldom gets more than four thousand—in most cases less.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1891 he was appointed lecturer in physics at Stockholm and four years later became full professor.

From Project Gutenberg

They've made Buchanan a full professor, and there isn't a man in college who can tell what he's talking about.

From Project Gutenberg