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PROFESSORIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does professorial mean?
• PROFESSORIAL (adjective)
The adjective PROFESSORIAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characteristic of professors
Familiarity information: PROFESSORIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of professors
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
professorial demeanor
Pertainym:
professor (someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university)
Derivation:
professor (someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university)
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