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Prof.

Prof. is the abbreviation of Professor.

Meaning of Professor

Noun

Professor (plural Professors)

  1. The title for someone who holds the job of professor.
  2. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) A mock title for a person seen as pedantic or obsessive on a topic.
    • This is just what I wanted. I got professor environment pants over here, and I can't get my jetski started. How am I gonna get back?2022 July 14, Charlie Berens and You Betcha, Kayak Vs Jetski

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Forms of Prof.

pluralProfs.
pluralProfs

Words formed from Prof.

Phrases with Prof.

Questions about Prof.

What is Prof. the abbreviation of?
Prof. is the abbreviation of Professor.

Words near Prof. in the dictionary

  1. Proetus
  2. proeutectoid
  3. proeutectoids
  4. prof
  5. Prof'l
  6. Prof.
  7. prof. ord.
  8. proface
  9. profaculty
  10. profadol
  11. profamily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Prof. (page history and authors); Professor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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