profession
/prəˈfeʃən/ nounDefinition
WORK [C] › a type of work that needs special training or education: What's your profession? He's working in a restaurant, but he's a teacher by profession (= he trained to be a teacher).
PEOPLE [group] › the people who do a type of work considered as a group: The medical profession has expressed concern about the new drug.
(Definition of profession noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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