About The Word Professional
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What's The Definition Of Professional?
[n] an authority qualified to teach apprentices
[n] a person engaged in one of the learned professions [n] an athlete who plays for pay [adj] 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" [adj] characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" [adj] engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching" [adj] of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office" [adj] of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law" Synonyms | Synonyms for Professional: expert | master | nonrecreational | paid | pro | professed(a) | professional person | white-collar Related Terms | Find terms related to Professional: See Also | adult | athlete | attorney | authority | bibliothec | careerist | caregiver | craftsman | critic | educator | free agent | grownup | health care provider | health professional | jock | lawyer | librarian | past master | pedagogue | practician | practitioner | professional organisation | professional organization | publisher | semipro | semiprofessional | yuppie Professional In Webster's Dictionary \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. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker. |
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