"Sterling professor" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after John William Sterling (1844–1918), partner in the New York law firm Shearman & Sterling and an 1864 graduate of Yale College, who funded such professorships with a $15-million bequest.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sterling professors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Sterling professor (plural Sterling professors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A professor with the highest academic title at Yale University."
      ],
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        ],
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "distinguished professor"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "John William Sterling",
        "Sterling professor"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sterling professor"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after John William Sterling (1844–1918), partner in the New York law firm Shearman & Sterling and an 1864 graduate of Yale College, who funded such professorships with a $15-million bequest.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sterling professors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Sterling professor (plural Sterling professors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A professor with the highest academic title at Yale University."
      ],
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        [
          "professor",
          "professor"
        ],
        [
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          "academic"
        ],
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          "title"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "John William Sterling",
        "Sterling professor"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "distinguished professor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sterling professor"
}