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Synonyms for specialist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : spesh-uh-list
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ ə lɪst

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Définition of specialist

Origin :
  • 1856 (originally in the medical sense); see special + -ist.
  • noun person who is an expert in a field
Example sentences :
  • The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as we to-day have the unhappiness to know him.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He leaves it to the specialist, which is as if he should leave his dinner to be eaten by a steam-engine.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • I'm going to set up as a specialist, a brain specialist, for clams.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The specialist has been described as a "man who knows more and more about less and less."
  • Extract from : « Disowned » by Victor Endersby
  • Surely every book-collector is in his heart of hearts a specialist.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • The chapter on "The Specialist" is almost inseparable from this chapter.
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • "Our lesson from the drinking-vessels does not end here," proceeded the specialist.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The specialist drew up a chair and studied his patient thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • To her father enough had been told to make him hurriedly summon a specialist.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

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