professor

A college or university teacher who ranks above an associate professor.

A teacher or instructor.

One who professes.

One who professes; one who openly declares or makes profession of specific belief or views, of adherence to a certain course of action or way of life, or of knowledge or skill in any particular calling.

One who makes open profession of religious faith and conversion, and attaches himself to some religious denomination.

A public teacher in a university, especially one to whom this title has been formally granted.

In a loose use, any one who publicly teaches or exercises an art or occupation for pay, as a dancing-master, phrenologist, balloonist, juggler, acrobat, boxer, etc.

The name of an artificial fly used in angling.

One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.