professoriat

Variant of professoriate

professoriate definition

pro·fes·so·ri·ate (prō′fə sôr′ē it)

noun

  1. academic professors collectively
  2. the office or position of a professor; professorship

Etymology: see professor & -ate

Also professoriat pro′·fes·so′·riat (-ət)

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