A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor."
A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.