professionalship

noun

professionalship

noun

Etymology From professional + -ship.

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:
1 more example
  • Alberuni praises the efficiency and skilled professionalship of the stone-workers in the following words; "In every place to which some particular holiness is ascribed, the Hindu construct ponds intended for ablutions. [...]1988, G. Kuppuram, India through the ages: history, art, culture, and religion:
Synonyms
professionalism, professionality, professionalness

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