academic
noun
someone who teaches or does research at a college or university
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noun
a teacher at a US college or university who is above the level of instructor and below the level of associate professor
noun
a teacher who works at a college or university in the US who is above the level of an assistant professor and below the level of a full professor
noun
a teacher at a US college or university who has the highest status and has the right to keep their job as long as they want
noun
someone whose job is to teach students at school or to help with teaching at university
noun
a senior teacher in a college or university. Someone begins as a lecturer, then becomes a senior lecturer, then sometimes a reader, and finally a professor
noun
a teacher in a college or university. Someone begins as an assistant professor, then becomes an associate professor, and finally a full professor.
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someone who teaches in a university in the UK with a position just below that of a professor
noun
a professor from one university who is teaching in another university for a short period
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