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non⋅pro⋅fes⋅sion⋅al

[non-pruh-fesh-uh-nl]
–adjective
1. not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
2. Sports. not offering or engaged in for payment or a monetary prize; amateur: a nonprofessional league; a nonprofessional player.
–noun
3. a person who is not a professional.
4. an amateur athlete.

Origin:
1795–1805; non- + professional


non⋅pro⋅fes⋅sion⋅al⋅ism, noun
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non·pro·fes·sion·al   (nŏn'prə-fěsh'ə-nəl)   
n.  One who is not a professional.
non'pro·fes'sion·al adj., non'pro·fes'sion·al·ly adv.
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