A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
Non-professional.
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor."
A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.