1. One who makes open declaration of his sentiments or opinions; particularly, 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.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. 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.
2. One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.
Pertaining to a professor; as the professorial chair.
Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest.
The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
See Professoriate.
1. The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college.
2. A professorship.
The office of a professor or public teacher of the sciences.
The office or position of a professor, or public teacher.
Pertaining to a professor.
Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial.
Scholar Roget’s Thesaurus §492
N. scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman, professor, graduate, wrangler, academician, academist, master of arts, doctor, licentitate, gownsman, philosopher, master of math, scientist, clerk, sophist, sophister, linguist, glossolinguist, philologist, philologer, lexicographer, glossographer, grammarian, litterateur, literati, dilettanti, illuminati, cogniscenti, fellow, hebraist, lexicologist, mullah, munshi, sanskritish, sinologist, sinologue, mezzofanti, admirable crichton, mecaenas, bookworm, helluo librorum, bibliophile, bibliomaniac, bluestocking, bas-bleu, bigwig, learned theban, don, artium baccalaureus, artium magister, learned man, literary man, homo multarum literarum, man of learning, man of letters, man of education, man of genius, antiquarian, antiquary, archaeologist, sage, pedant, doctrinaire, pedagogue, dr. pangloss, pantologist, criminologist, schoolboy
Adj. learned, brought up at the feet of gamaliel
Phr. "he was a scholar and a ripe and good one", "the manifold linguist"
Teacher Roget’s Thesaurus §540
N. teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, # tutor, director, corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don, governor, bear leader, governess, duenna, disciplinarian, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, khoja, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher, expositor, preceptor, guide, guru, mentor, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example, professorship, tutelage
Adj. professorial
Phr. qui doet discet
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