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Specialist

Spe′cial-ist

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Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


specialist

specialist

English

Adjective

specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)

  1. (Britain) Specialised.

Noun

specialist (plural specialists)

  1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
  2. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
  3. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
  4. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
    The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.

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  • See also Wikisaurus:physician

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Swedish

Etymology

special + -ist

Noun

specialist c

  1. a specialist

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Inflection of specialist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative specialist specialisten specialister specialisterna
Genitive specialists specialistens specialisters specialisternas

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