English

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Etymology

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Blend of bro +‎ professor.

Noun

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brofessor (plural brofessors)

  1. (slang) A male role model or mentor.
    • 2016, Dom Mazzetti, The Swoly Bible: The Bro Science Way of Life, page 10:
      Once you have been introduced to the gym like some Freemason's initiation, you will begin copying everything your brofessor does.
    • 2021, Vidur Saini, "10 Testosterone Facts You Can't Afford Not Knowing", Generation Iron:
      Ask a brofessor to choose between $10,000 prize money or an optimal testosterone level throughout his lifting career, and he will most probably select the latter.