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regius professor

 
Dictionary: re·gius professor   ('jəs, -jē-əs) pronunciation

n.
One holding a professorship established by royal subsidy at any of certain older British universities.

[From Latin rēgius, royal, from rēx, rēg-, king.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron


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Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland - namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the Crown. Glasgow currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at twelve.

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