Mongoloid is a term for certain asians. They share outward traits like epicanthic folds and fattier cheekbones for example. This caused people in the west to associate it with down-syndrome. After a while people realized the unfortunate implication and renamed the medical term âdown-syndromeâ instead.
The term professor has two meanings. The word professor can either refer to a teacher in a university or a college or the highest ranking position of a university. The main difference between teacher and professor is that professors work in a tertiary education institute.
1. professor-someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university. prof. faculty, staff-the body of teachers and administrators at a school; the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university. academic, faculty member, academician-an educator who works at a college or university.rofessor. n. 1. (Education) the principal lecturer or teacher in a field of learning at a university or college; a holder of a university chair. 2. (Education) US and Canadian any teacher in a university or college.