In Paris his rich host Javal, a famous oculist, offered him a professorship and a salary to direct the movement, He declined. Modest and free: such were his tastes.
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Professorship
Synonyms for "professorship" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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Translations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- càtedra noun (the office of a professor)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 教授職位 /教授职位 noun (the office of a professor)
- 教授職銜 /教授职衔 noun (the office of a professor)
Danish
1 entries- professorat noun (the office of a professor)
Finnish
1 entries- professuuri noun (the office of a professor)
German
1 entries- Professur noun (the office of a professor)
Hungarian
1 entries- tanszék noun (the office of a professor)
Irish
1 entries- ollúnacht noun (the office of a professor)
Italian
3 entries- cattedra noun (the office of a professor)
- ordinariato noun (the office of a professor)
- professorato noun (the office of a professor)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- professorat noun (the office of a professor)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- professorat noun (the office of a professor)
Portuguese
2 entries- magistério noun (the office of a professor)
- professorado noun (the office of a professor)
Spanish
1 entries- cátedra noun (the office of a professor)
Volapük
1 entries- profäsor noun (the office of a professor)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I am currently holding down a professorship at a small, privately endowed Tech college, have some mentionable background in both nuclear physics and biochemistry, possess a choice collection of rather good jazz records, have a particular fondness for barbecued spareribs—and, of late, have become an inventor.
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And as regards histories of art, they are quite valueless to you unless you are seeking the ostentatious oblivion of an art professorship.
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She earned a professorship at Los Angeles City College, and taught theatre there for two years.
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