English > professional person: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person engaged in one of the learned professions. |
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| Synonym | professional |
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| Member of | professional organization, professional organisation | An organization of and for professional people |
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| Narrower | careerist | A professional who is intent on furthering / furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity |
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| craftsman | A professional whose work is consistently of high quality |
| critic | A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art |
| educator, pedagogue, pedagog | someone who educates young people |
| health professional, primary care provider, PCP, health care provider, caregiver | A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
| lawyer, attorney | A professional person authorized to practice law |
| librarian, bibliothec | A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services |
| practitioner, practician | someone who practices a learned profession |
| publisher | A person engaged in publishing / publishing periodicals or books or music |
| yuppie | A young upwardly mobile professional individual |
| Broader | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
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| Spanish | profesional, profesionista |
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| Catalan | professional |
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