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professionalship

professionalship noun: the condition, status, degree, or office of a professional.

Noun

professionalship (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The condition, status, degree, or office of a professional.
    • Many years afterwards I baked a large cake of shortbread as a New Year's surprise to some friends at Huddersfield during my professionalship there.1923, Alexander Herd, Clyde Foster, My Golfing Life
    • I have benefited more greatly by the high standard of professionalship which it furthers.1929, National Education Association of the United States, Addresses and Proceedings

Synonyms of professionalship

Origin of professionalship

From professional + -ship.

Questions about professionalship

What does professionalship mean?
Professionalship means the condition, status, degree, or office of a professional.
What part of speech is professionalship?
Professionalship is a noun.

Words near professionalship in the dictionary

  1. professionalizes
  2. professionalizing
  3. professionally
  4. professionalness
  5. professionals
  6. professionalship
  7. professionary
  8. professionist
  9. professionists
  10. professionize
  11. professionized

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