"associate professor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: associate professors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} associate professor (plural associate professors)
  1. (education) A teacher in a higher education institution who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor. Categories (topical): Education, Occupations, People Synonyms: Assoc. Prof., Assoc Prof Related terms: assistant professor, instructor, professor Translations (teacher): medeprofessor (Afrikaans), 副教授 (fùjiàoshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), universitair hoofddocent [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), apulaisprofessori (Finnish), maître de conférences [masculine] (French), αναπληρωτής καθηγητής (anaplirotís kathigitís) [masculine] (Greek), docens (Hungarian), lektor kepala (Indonesian), 准教授 (junkyōju) (alt: じゅんきょうじゅ) (Japanese), profesor madya (Malay), førsteamanuensis [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), docent [masculine] (Polish), adiunkt [masculine] (Polish), profesor asociat [masculine] (Romanian), รองศาสตราจารย์ (rɔɔng sàat-dtraa-jaan) (Thai), phó giáo sư (Vietnamese)

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