PROFESSORIAT


Meaning of PROFESSORIAT in English

noun

or pro·fes·so·ri·ate ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsōrēə̇t, -sȯr-

( -s )

Etymology: modification (influenced by professorial ) of French professorat

1. : the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society at large

2. : the profession of college or university teaching

special duty of the professoriat to pursue and advance pure learning — Ernest Barker

to a young man bent on entering the professoriat — Atlantic

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.