professional : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: professional	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for professional
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professional adj 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" Antonym(s): nonprofessional of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional organizations"; "a professional field such as law" characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" Antonym(s): unprofessional of or relating to a profession; "we need professional advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment for his new office" engaged in by members of a profession; "professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching" n a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: professional, professional person] an athlete who plays for pay Synonym(s): professional, pro Antonym(s): amateur an authority qualified to teach apprentices Synonym(s): master, professional
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Professional \Profes"sional\, a. 1. 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. [bd]Pride, not personal, but professional.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]A professional sneerer.[b8] --De Quincey. 2. Engaged in by professionals; as, a professional race; -- opposed to {amateur}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Professional \Profes"sional\, n. A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.