Prof.

A form of professor — The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.

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Meanings

nounProf. (plural Profs. or Profs)

plural Profs. · plural Profs

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Professor.

    Profs Zeisler & Pardee / Surgery. / Prof. Morgan

    1901, Quarterly Bulletin of Northwestern University Medical School, page 401
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    The Social at the College of Pharmacy—Profs. Cook and Van Derbeck Lecture.

    1883 January 10, The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume CVIII, Philadelphia, Pa., page 2, column 4

    The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They’re free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs’ soft snap were mine.

    1920, “Sammy” and “Reck”, “The Profs: A Cornell Forester’s Song”, in Cornell Forester

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