Hypertext Webster Gateway: "professional"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Professional \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Professional \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
professional
adj 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"; "professional
theater"; "professional football"; "a professional
cook"; "professional actors and athletes" [ant: {nonprofessional}]
2: of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional
organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
3: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged
in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional
ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" [ant: {unprofessional}]
4: of or relating to a profession; "we need professional
advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment
for his new office"
5: engaged in by members of a profession; "professional
occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
n 1: a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: {professional
person}]
2: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: {pro}] [ant: {amateur}]
3: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: {master}]
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