professional

professional (http://definr.com/professional)

     adj 1: 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" [ant: nonprofessional]
     2: of or relating to or suitable as a profession; "professional
        organizations"; "a professional field such as law"
     3: characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged
        in a profession; "professional conduct"; "professional
        ethics"; "a thoroughly professional performance" [ant: unprofessional]
     4: of or relating to a profession; "we need professional
        advice"; "professional training"; "professional equipment
        for his new office"
     5: engaged in by members of a profession; "professional
        occupations include medicine and the law and teaching"
     n 1: a person engaged in one of the learned professions [syn: {professional
          person}]
     2: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: pro] [ant: amateur]
     3: an authority qualified to teach apprentices [syn: master]