professorling
professorling noun: a young and unexperienced professor.
Noun
professorling (plural professorlings)
- a young and unexperienced professor
- "The thing's a provincial professorling in the very act of budding, and I thank the Lord devoutly that but for the precious gift of indolence I also might have gone this way to D.Sc. and destruction ..."1909, Herbert George Wells, Twelve Stories and A Dream
- "It is a good transcript, I think, of the outer and inner life of a typical small western college and of the experiences of a young professorling."1920, Granville Stanley Hall, Recreations of a Psychologist
Forms of professorling
| plural | professorlings |
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Origin of professorling
From professor + -ling.
Questions about professorling
- What does professorling mean?
- Professorling means a young and unexperienced professor.
- What part of speech is professorling?
- Professorling is a noun.
- What is the plural of professorling?
- The plural of professorling is professorlings.
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