professors
- 1Plural of professor.
Several professors signed the letter urging changes to the curriculum.
The university hired three new professors in the physics department.
Note
A plain -s plural that carries every meaning of the singular, and the gap between them shows most in the plural. In the US and the Philippines, informally, "my professors" can mean all of one's college teachers, whatever their rank. Strictly, professors hold the most senior academic rank. Older writing speaks of professors of a religious doctrine, and the puppeteer of a Punch and Judy show is a professor too.
professors is a form of professor
professor, noun: A college or university teacher of high academic rank: the top rank in Britain and many other countries, any of the assistant, associate or full ranks in the US. Full entry
- Forms
- professorprofessors plural
- Spelling
- professor → professors: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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