professional

professional is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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