professional
adjective
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engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood“The professional trader possesses distinctive qualifications.”
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characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession“professional conduct”
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engaged in by members of a profession“professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching”
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of or relating to a profession“we need professional advice”
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of or relating to or suitable as a profession“professional organizations”
noun
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an authority qualified to teach apprenticesmaster
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a person engaged in one of the learned professionsprofessional person
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an athlete who plays for paypro