professional

adjective

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

    professional conduct

    professional ethics

  3. 3

    engaged in by members of a profession

    professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching

  4. 4

    of or relating to a profession

    we need professional advice

    professional training

  5. 5

    of or relating to or suitable as a profession

    professional organizations

    a professional field such as law

noun

  1. 1

    an authority qualified to teach apprentices

  2. 2

    a person engaged in one of the learned professions

  3. 3

    an athlete who plays for pay

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