1. • noun - a person engaged in one of the learned professions
   • noun - an athlete who plays for pay
   • noun - an authority qualified to teach apprentices
   • adj - engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
   • adj - of or relating to or suitable as a profession
   • adj - characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
   • adj - of or relating to a profession
   • adj - engaged in by members of a profession
2. • Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: a professional field such as law; professional training.
   • Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional ethics.
   • Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: amateur and professional actors.
   • Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.
   • Having or showing great skill; expert: a thoroughly professional repair job.
   • A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
   • One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
   • A skilled practitioner; an expert.

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