professional politician

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandpolitician

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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politician
noun[C]
uk
/ˌpɒl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌpɑː.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/
a member of a government or ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandpoliticianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofessional politician

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I am not aprofessionalpoliticianlike many people here.
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I have never been ashamed to declare myself aprofessionalpolitician.
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I have a sense of resistance to the description of being aprofessionalpolitician.
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With that record, he would have to be aprofessionalpoliticianto claim that he was not one.
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It is difficult to define the term "professionalpolitician," but most of us know aprofessionalpoliticianwhen we meet him.
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One of the charges that can be made against the "professionalpolitician" is that he does not understand about ordinary people.
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I am not afraid of being called aprofessionalpolitician.
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I am not a great believer in theprofessionalpolitician.
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Theprofessionalpoliticianis a living entity at this moment.
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When aprofessionalpoliticiancan order a doctor as to the treatment he will give, it goes beyond pharmaceutical services.
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It is a simplification of procedures designed to help the ordinary councillor who is not aprofessionalpolitician.
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Therefore, we have the mish-mash of theprofessionalpolitician.
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Is it the pockets of theprofessionalpolitician?
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I am not a polished orprofessionalpolitician.
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I was only pointing out that some of us can speak with a certain amount of first-hand knowledge, as well as theprofessionalpolitician.
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It cannot be more democratic, because you cannot prevent theprofessionalpoliticianfrom interfering with the freedom of debate.
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I certainly should not imagine that he would describe himself as in any sense aprofessionalpolitician.
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Now, such are the demands of the parties that almost everyone in another place is and always has been a full-timeprofessionalpoliticianwho has done and achieved little else.
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We sometimes hear the expression "professionalpolitician".
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