professed, adj.
openly declared as such
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avowed professed
sample sentences
"an avowed enemy""her professed love of everything about that country"
"McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
semantic pointers
similar to
claimed with intent to deceive
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professed
professing to be qualified
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professed