Main Entry: ¹ca·reer

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈrir\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French carriere, from Old Occitan carriera street, from Medieval Latin carraria road for vehicles, from Latin carrus car

Date: circa 1534

1 a : speed in a course <ran at full career> b : course, passage
2 : encounter, charge
3 : a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life <Washington's career as a soldier>
4 : a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling <a career in medicine> <a career diplomat>