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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A full professor of a Dutch, Flemish, South African, or German university who acts as the principal supervisor of a student's doctoral research.
2. 2
   Alternative form of promoter. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From promote + -or.

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