Definition of "professorship" [pro•fess•or•ship]

• The office of a professor (noun)

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• "The path to full professorship is difficult enough, without having to publish twice as many papers in order to compete with male peers."
• "He taught at the University of Sussex in the late 60s, and at King's College London, where he held an honorary fixed-term professorship from 1981 to 1984."
• "A fixed-term professorship with the status of a civil servant is available for three years."