meaning of professional
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.
2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to amateur.
3. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.
4. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
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