specialist

Definitions

1. Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic
2. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
3. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research
4. A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.
5. A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role
6. A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
7. A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery
8. Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
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9. Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal
10. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
11. A stenotopic species.
12. A sixth-former at Eton College.

Equivalents

Examples

“Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.”

“Most Americans mistakenly believe⟳ that they must see⟳ specialists for almost every medical problem.”

“The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.”

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