Noun

(en noun)

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Stephen Ledoux, volume=100, issue=1, page=60, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Behaviorism at 100 , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists' have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural ' scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh

, volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}

Noun

(en noun)

A teacher or faculty member at a college or university.

A higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university. Abbreviated

An honorific title for a higher ranking teacher. (Capitalised)

Professor Plum'' or ''Prof. Plum .

(archaic) One who professes.

* 1897 , Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (transl.) The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage'', Introduction, p. ''v :

This period in which Abraham the Jew lived was one in which Magic was almost universally believed in, and in which its Professors were held in honour;

(US, slang) A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.

* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 415:

You could hear [...] pianos under the hands of whorehouse professors sounding like they came with keys between the keys.

The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.