professional
A person who belongs to a profession.
Other meanings
A white-collar worker, especially one with a specialized, high-earning job such as a doctor or engineer.
A person who earns their living from a specified activity.
Related words
- antiprofessional
- biprofessional
- certified safety professional
- extraprofessional
- interprofessional
- intraprofessional
- legal professional privilege
- monoprofessional
- multiprofessional
- paraprofessional
- preprofessional
- profersonal
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "professhennalle".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “professional” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.