professional

Definition

A person who belongs to a profession.

Etymology

From Middle English professhennalle, professhynalle; equivalent to profession + -al.

Example Sentences

• "My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return."
• "There was this nice lady who flirted with me at the bar, but it turned out that she was a professional."
• "I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; […] invite the professional, urgently, to dine with us this evening."