See Also: professional 2, noun(dictionary)
professional(dictionary)
Professional(money)
professional impairment(medicine)
Due Professional Care(money)
education, professional(medicine)
ethics, professional(medicine)
professional corporations(medicine)
professional autonomy(medicine)
Professional Corporation(law)

professional 2, noun (oh)



2 W3 n [C]
someone who earns money by doing a job, sport, or activity that many other people do just for fun
-see also amateur amateur
::Hurd signed as a professional in 1998.
::top snooker professionals
someone who works in a job that needs special education and training, such as a doctor, lawyer, or architect
:: health professionals (=doctors, nurses etc)
someone who has a lot of experience and does something very skillfully
::You sing like a real professional.
tennis/golf/swimming etc professional
someone who is very good at a sport and is employed by a private club to teach its members