- 1. when you are word/talking">talking to a word/female">female professor of yours you can use this for comic relief. it is joke on on using the word professor to call both female and male humans ;) by specifying using "ess". you go to her and say: -"Excuse me, professor..ess" -"Just professor, a-thank you very much" as if there's a female version of professor like there is in latin languages e.g professora, professor > professor Linda: can i help you? > Charlie Student: oh hi, professoress, or are you a doctor-ess already? did you ever get you're phd? Source: ecdict
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