professionalship

professionalship

English

Etymology

From professional +‎ -ship.

Noun

professionalship (uncountable)

1. (rare) the condition, status, degree, or office of a professional
   • 1923, Alexander Herd, Clyde Foster, My Golfing Life:

     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.

   • 1929, National Education Association of the United States, Addresses and Proceedings:

     I have benefited more greatly by the high standard of professionalship which it furthers.

   • 1988, G. Kuppuram, India through the ages: history, art, culture, and religion:

     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. [...]

Synonyms

• professionalism
• professionality
• professionalness