profession
noun
a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science.
professionless
-
a word derived from
profession.
Example Sentences
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In 1881 he arrived in Globe, Ariz., at the age of 21, penniless, professionless.
From Time Magazine Archive
He marries a woman, and his father casts him off penniless and professionless.
From Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
