academician

Other forms: academicians

Definitions of academician

1. noun

   an educator who works at a college or university
   synonyms: academic, faculty member

   types:

   prof, professor

   someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

   assistant professor

   a teacher or lower rank than an associate professor

   associate professor

   a teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor

   full professor

   a professor of the highest rank

   Regius professor

   holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron

   visiting professor

   a professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time

   type of:

   educator, pedagog, pedagogue

   someone who educates young people
2. noun

   a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
   synonyms: schoolman

   type of:

   bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
3. noun

   someone elected to honorary membership in an academy
   type of:

   honoree

   a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments