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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Professed \Pro*fessed"\, adjective Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
{The professed} (R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under {Jesuit}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Profess \Pro*fess"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof['e]s, masc., professe, fem., professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See {Confess}.]
1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. ''Hear me profess sincerely.'' --Shak.
The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.
2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.
I do profess to be no less than I seem. --Shak.
3. To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
professed
adjective
1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher" [syn: {professed(a)}]
2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions" [syn: {professed(a)}]
3: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: {avowed(a)}, {professed(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "professed": accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, apparent, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, certified, claimed, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only, manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended, pretexted, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, self-styled, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated, supposed, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted, would-be
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