Dictionary
pro•fessed
Pronunciation: (pru-fest'), [key]—
adj.
1. avowed; acknowledged.
2. professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
3. having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
4. alleged; pretended.
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