SPECIALIST

specialist, specializer, specialiser

(noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

specialist, medical specialist

(noun) practices one branch of medicine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)

(British) Specialised.

Noun

specialist (plural specialists)

Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur

(medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.

Hypernym: Thesaurus:physician

(US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.

An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.

Antonyms

• generalist

Anagrams

• plasticise

Source: Wiktionary


Spe"cial*ist, n.

Definition: One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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