Main entry: master, professional
Definition: an authority qualified to teach apprentices
Main entry: professional, professional person
Definition: a person engaged in one of the learned professions
Main entry: pro, professional
Definition: an athlete who plays for pay
Main entry: professional
Definition: engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood
Usage: 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
Main entry: professional
Definition: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
Usage: professional conduct; professional ethics; a thoroughly professional performance
Main entry: professional
Definition: engaged in by members of a profession
Usage: professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
Main entry: professional
Definition: of or relating to a profession
Usage: we need professional advice; professional training; professional equipment for his new office
Main entry: professional
Definition: of or relating to or suitable as a profession
Usage: professional organizations; a professional field such as law