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								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
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								of or relating to or suitable as a profession
 professional organizations
 a professional field such as law
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								characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession
 professional conduct
 professional ethics
 a thoroughly professional performance
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								of or relating to a profession
 we need professional advice
 professional training
 professional equipment for his new office
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								engaged in by members of a profession
 professional occupations include medicine and the law and teaching
 
 'professional' - used as a noun
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								a person engaged in one of the learned professions
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								an athlete who plays for pay
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								an authority qualified to teach apprentices
 
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