professional
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English professhennalle, professhynalle; equivalent to profession + -al.
Pronunciation- IPA: /pɹəˈfɛʃənəl/
professional (plural professionals)
- A person who belongs to a profession.
- A person who earns their living from a specified activity.
- (euphemism) A prostitute.
- There was this nice lady who flirted with me at the bar, but it turned out that she was a professional.
- A reputation known by name.
- An expert.
- One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is actively concerned with promoting the profession of sociology.
- Italian: professionista
- Portuguese: profissional
- Russian: профессиона́л
- Spanish: profesional, profesionista (Mexico)
- German: Profi, Professioneller, Professionelle
- Portuguese: profissional
- Russian: профессиона́л
- Spanish: profesional, profesionista (Mexico)
- French: professionnel, professionnelle
- German: Profi
- Portuguese: profissional
- Russian: профессиона́л
professional
- Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗:
- His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; […].
- That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
- (by extension) Expert.
- French: professionnel
- German: professionell, Beruf
- Italian: professionale
- Portuguese: profissional
- Russian: профессиона́льный
- Spanish: profesional
- German: berufsmäßig, professionell
- Portuguese: profissional
- Russian: профессиона́льный
- Spanish: profesional
- German: professionell
- Italian: specializzato, qualificato
- Portuguese: profissional
- Russian: профессиона́льный
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