specialist
//ˈspɛʃəlɪst//
Forms
- Comparative
- more specialist
- Superlative
- most specialist
- Plural
- specialists
Definitions
1.Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
- This was a highly specialist job, and it has been very carefully carried out so that it is very hard to see that these windows are now modern replacements.
1.Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
2.A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.
3.A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
- Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
- Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.
4.Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3165
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special + -ist.