PROFESSIONAL

professional

(adjective) engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; “the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications”; “began her professional career after the Olympics”; “professional theater”; “professional football”; “a professional cook”; “professional actors and athletes”

professional

(adjective) characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; “professional conduct”; “professional ethics”; “a thoroughly professional performance”

professional

(adjective) engaged in by members of a profession; “professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”

professional

(adjective) of or relating to a profession; “we need professional advice”; “professional training”; “professional equipment for his new office”

professional

(adjective) of or relating to or suitable as a profession; “professional organizations”; “a professional field such as law”

master, professional

(noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices

professional, professional person

(noun) a person engaged in one of the learned professions

professional, pro

(noun) an athlete who plays for pay

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

professional (plural professionals)

A person who belongs to a profession

A person who earns their living from a specified activity

A reputation known by name

An expert.

Adjective

professional (comparative more professional, superlative most professional)

Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.

That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.

(by extension) Expert.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro*fes"sion*al, a.

1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional sneerer." De Quincey.

2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.

Pro*fes"sion*al, n.

Definition: A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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