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professional person

Other forms: professional persons

Definitions of professional person
  1. noun
    a person engaged in one of the learned professions
    synonyms: professional
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    types:
    careerist
    a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity
    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, pedagog, pedagogue
    someone who educates young people
    PCP, caregiver, health care provider, health professional, primary care provider
    a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
    attorney, lawyer
    a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
    bibliothec, librarian
    a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
    practician, practitioner
    someone who practices a learned profession
    publisher
    a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
    yuppie
    a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
    academic, academician, faculty member
    an educator who works at a college or university
    advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader
    a lawyer who pleads cases in court
    ambulance chaser
    an unethical lawyer who incites accident victims to sue
    art critic
    a critic of paintings
    barrister
    a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
    bonesetter
    someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
    career girl
    a woman who is a careerist
    career man
    a man who is a careerist
    cataloger, cataloguer
    a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system
    clinician
    a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments
    conveyancer
    a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
    defense attorney, defense lawyer
    the lawyer representing the defendant
    divorce lawyer
    a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment
    drama critic, theater critic
    a critic of theatrical performances
    electrologist
    someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots
    Gongorist
    a practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora
    homeopath, homoeopath
    a practitioner of homeopathy
    lector, lecturer, reader
    a public lecturer at certain universities
    literary critic
    a person whose job is to analyze published creative writing
    medical assistant
    a person trained to assist medical professionals
    medical man, medical practitioner
    someone who practices medicine
    music critic
    a critic of musical performances
    newspaper critic
    a critic who writes a column for the newspapers
    nurse
    one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
    apothecary, chemist, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller
    a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
    head, head teacher, principal, school principal
    the educator who has executive authority for a school
    prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor
    a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
    public defender
    a lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense
    referee
    an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
    schoolmaster
    any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
    solicitor
    a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
    instructor, teacher
    a person whose occupation is teaching
    trial attorney, trial lawyer
    a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law
    type of:
    adult, grownup
    a fully developed person from maturity onward
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