Definitions for specialist
ˈspɛʃ ə lɪstspe·cial·ist

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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1. plasticise

How to pronounce specialist?

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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. Anuj Somany:

   A person who can speak lies relentlessly without guilt and shame is often invited as analyst/specialist/expert for panel discussion of news channels and one who could also play with the emotion of the people oft spends longer duration and even becomes a regular member of the team

2. Mwenda Njoka:

   There is a boundary that is being constructed around the Kenya Somali border, it has been porous for a long time because the previous government have not taken serious action. [ But ] in the recent past we have established a border patrol police, a specialist police.

3. Brie Larson:

   I had to stay out of the sun to get rather pale, i went on a restrictive diet ... and worked with a trauma specialist to talk about how the brain would organize itself around the sexual abuse and being trapped in a room that long but it didn't stick to me.

4. Jenny Radesky:

   The advice that I would give to parents is that if they are worrying about their child having some sleep problems, they should consult a specialist, in many cases, these parental worries are indeed part of a normative developmental stage( such as, for example, their child waking up a few times during the night, or having problems falling asleep) but still it would be beneficial to know that, and parents could feel more relaxed ; but in other cases, these are indeed part of a developmental problem.

5. Judith Miller:

   My specialist said, ‘Judith, God just saved your life. Because it was so small, it would never have been detected.

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