regius professor

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   holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron

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Questions about regius professor

What does regius professor mean?

regius professor means "holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron".

Is regius professor a common word?

regius professor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.