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Professorial and Professional Definitions

Professorial

A college or university teacher who ranks above an associate professor.

Professional

Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession
Lawyers, doctors, and other professional people.

Professorial

A teacher or instructor.

Professional

Conforming to the standards of a profession
Professional behavior.

Professorial

One who professes.
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Professional

Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career
A professional writer.

Professorial

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.

Professional

Performed by persons receiving pay
Professional football.

Professorial

Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest.

Professional

Having or showing great skill; expert
A professional repair job.
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Professorial

Relating to or characteristic of professors;
Professorial demeanor

Professional

A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.

Professional

One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation
Hired a professional to decorate the house.

Professional

A skilled practitioner; an expert.

Professional

A person who belongs to a profession

Professional

A person who earns their living from a specified activity

Professional

A prostitute

Professional

A reputation known by name

Professional

An expert

Professional

Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.

Professional

That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.

Professional

(by extension) Expert.

Professional

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.

Professional

Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; - opposed to amateur.

Professional

A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

Professional

A person engaged in one of the learned professions

Professional

An athlete who plays for pay

Professional

An authority qualified to teach apprentices

Professional

Engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood;
The professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications
Began her professional career after the Olympics
Professional theater
Professional football
A professional cook
Professional actors and athletes

Professional

Of or relating to or suitable as a profession;
Professional organizations
A professional field such as law

Professional

Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession;
Professional conduct
Professional ethics
A thoroughly professional performance

Professional

Of or relating to a profession;
We need professional advice
Professional training
Professional equipment for his new office

Professional

Engaged in by members of a profession;
Professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching

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