Definition of occupation

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Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.

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Tentmaker :: Tentmaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make tents.
Study :: Study (v. i.) Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
Stercobilin :: -ster () A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster..
Spur-royal :: Spurrier (n.) One whose occupation is to make spurs.
Speciality :: Speciality (n.) The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
Bucolic :: Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Calling :: Calling (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade..
Brickmaker :: Brickmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks.
Bucolic :: Bucolic (n.) A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil..
Seaman :: Seaman (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman..
Pimpship :: Pimpship (n.) The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp..
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest..
Fisherman :: Fisherman (n.) One whose occupation is to catch fish.
Gardening :: Gardening (n.) The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.
Grind :: Grind (n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study..
Stonecutting :: Stonecutter (n.) One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone..
Prepossession :: Prepossession (n.) Preoccupation; prior possession.
Business :: Business (n.) Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession..
Tutorage :: Tutorage (n.) The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.
Steamboating :: Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats..
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