Word Meanings - PROFESSORIATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college. 2. A professorship.

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• UNIVERSITY
  universitas all together, the whole, the universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a society, corporation, fr. 1. The universe; the whole. Dr. H. More. 2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having
• PROFESSORIALISM
  The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
• STAFFISH
  Stiff; harsh. Ascham.
• UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
  The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.
• STAFFIER
  An attendant bearing a staff. "Staffiers on foot." Hudibras.
• PROFESSORSHIP
  The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.
• COLLEGE
  1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops. The
• STAFF
  The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. (more info) stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sthapay to cause to stand, to place. See Stand, and 1. A long piece of wood;
• STAFFMAN
  A workman employed in silk throwing.
• PROFESSORIAL
  Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest.
• BEDSTAFF
  "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.
• GIBSTAFF
  1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat. 2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. Bailey.
• CROSS-STAFF
  1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
• WRINGSTAFF
  A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
• FLAGSTAFF
  A staff on which a flag is hoisted.
• PIKESTAFF
  1. The staff, or shaft, of a pike. 2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Sir W. Scott.
• WHIPSTAFF
  A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
• QUARTERSTAFF
  A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
• BACKSTAFF
  An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed.
• FORESTAFF
  An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C.
• COWLSTAFF
  A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling.