Definitions for specialist
ˈspɛʃ ə lɪstspe·cial·ist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. specialist, specializer, specialisernoun

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

2. specialist, medical specialistnoun

   practices one branch of medicine

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. specialistnoun

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

2. specialistnoun

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

3. specialistnoun

   Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.

4. specialistadjective

   Specialised.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. specialist

   A specialist is a person who is highly skilled in, deeply knowledgeable about, or concentrated on a specific area or subject. They are often qualified or certified through extensive training, education or significant experiences in their particular field. A specialist can exist in various fields or industries such as medicine, law, business, academia, technology among others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Specialistnoun

   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

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. specialist

   1. One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance, and gets further into a bog than the man ahead of him. 2. A kind of hypnotic trance wherein a person by centering his gaze on a given object renders the object smaller in proportion as his illusion grows.

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1. • Expert

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'specialist' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2746

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'specialist' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4096

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'specialist' in Nouns Frequency: #915

Anagrams for specialist »

1. plasticise

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of specialist in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of specialist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of specialist in a Sentence

1. Fiona Cross:

   These two spider species are highly specialised mosquito assassins, like Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ or Arnold Schwarzenegger in the James Cameron movie ‘The Terminator’, these little specialist predators ignore any other insects that get in the way as they pursue their target victims – mosquitoes.

2. David Benjamin Lumenta:

   Health topics, notably cancer, have always been of interest to the general public, and the predominant sources of information range from traditional media( magazines, newspapers) to Internet-based health platforms, the general public. . . have obtained most of their information about health and disease even before consulting a specialist, in most cases without specific background knowledge.

3. Martin Currie:

   This is a specialist area of the market with very few quality offerings. By combining the proven expertise of Paul Kirkby and his team...(clients could) navigate the cyclical nature of Japanese equities and capture the return opportunities available.

4. James Simpson:

   It’s funny: We actually went to a specialist and said, ‘Can you turn it down a little bit?’ and they said, ‘No, that's not how it works.’ And we were like, ‘We know that, but can you turn it down, please?’.

5. Marcus Setchell:

   There are certain situations when someone is giving birth that its important not just to have a specialist sort of available at the end of a telephone, but actually in the same room to deal with anything thats immediately going to be wrong.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=specialist
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Specialist
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specialist
5. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=specialist