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regius professor

noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rēgius professor.

  1. learned borrowing from rēgius professor

Definitions

  1. A professor who holds a position created by or filled by a royal patron.

    • In Oxford there are some forty professors, of whom seven or eight are regius professors appointed by the Crown, and paid by revenues derived from the Crown.

  2. Alternative form of regius professor.

  3. Part of the title of a regius professor.

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