- 1. a. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur. Source: opted
- 3. n. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker. Source: opted
- 4. adj. engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. of or relating to or suitable as a profession Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession Source: wordnet
- 7. adj. of or relating to a profession Source: wordnet
- 8. adj. engaged in by members of a profession Source: wordnet
- 9. n. a person engaged in one of the learned professions Source: wordnet
- 10. n. an athlete who plays for pay Source: wordnet
- 11. n. an authority qualified to teach apprentices Source: wordnet
- 12. 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. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker. Source: webster
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