1
: openly and freely declared or acknowledged : affirmed
2
: professing to be qualified
also
: expert
Examples of professed in a Sentence
He is a professed enemy of the king.
a professed analyst of American presidential politics
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Nixon’s professed and late-blooming concern for safeguarding the rights of criminal defendants might be a bit hard to swallow; these were, after all, the Watergate burglars.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The truth of conservatism lies elsewhere, in the unshakeable principles that the dispensable litany of professed ideals protects.
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Kirk, for his part, was a professed fan of the episode.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
With the frequently audible director alternating between frat boy giddiness and genuine concern at Sheen’s antics, the actor appears entirely in control, a product of seven years of professed sobriety.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The truth of conservatism lies elsewhere, in the unshakeable principles that the dispensable litany of professed ideals protects.
—Allan J. Lichtman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Kirk, for his part, was a professed fan of the episode.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
With the frequently audible director alternating between frat boy giddiness and genuine concern at Sheen’s antics, the actor appears entirely in control, a product of seven years of professed sobriety.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Professed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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professed
adjective
pro·fessed
prə-ˈfest 
1
: openly declared
failed in its professed task
2
: claiming to be qualified
a professed expert
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