assistant professor

assistant professor

noun
a teacher in a college or university who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism

assistant professorship, noun
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assistant professor
 
n
(US), (Canadian) a university teacher lower in rank than an associate professor

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