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regius professor

noun
re·​gius professor | \ ˈrē-j(ē-)əs- How to pronounce regius professor (audio) \

Definition of regius professor

: a holder of a professorship founded by royal subsidy at a British university

Examples of regius professor in a Sentence

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 Kristian Skrede Gleditsch is regius professor of political science at the University of Essex and a research associate at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. — Washington Post, "How to keep armed groups from using land mines," 28 Feb. 2018

First Known Use of regius professor

1609, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for regius professor

New Latin, royal professor

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