professoriat

noun

pro·​fes·​so·​ri·​at ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-ət 

ˌprä-,

-ē-ˌat

variants or professoriate

ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-ət 

ˌprä-,

-ˌāt

1

: the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society

2

: the office, duties, or position of a professor

Examples of professoriat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The professoriat has struggled to demonstrate a connection between the skills cultivated in literature classrooms and those required by the professional-managerial jobs that many students are destined for. —Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023

Schuman’s bildungsromanchannels the weltschmerz of a former wunderkind rejected by the professoriat and exiled to the creative lumpenproletariat. —Gabriel Roth, Slate Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

modification of French professorat, from professeur professor, from Latin professor, from profitēri

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1