specialist

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special +‎ -ist.

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Adjective

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specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)

  1. (British) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
    • 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: Special Award: Signal Box Restoration”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57:
      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.

Noun

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specialist (plural specialists)

  1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
    Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur
  2. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:physician
    • 1964 September 24, “ROBERT L. HUTTON, DIAGNOSTICIAN, 83; Internist Dies —Had Been on Lincoln Hospital Staff”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.
    • 2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times[2]:
      Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
  3. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
  4. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
    The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.
  5. A stenotopic species.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French spécialiste. Equivalent to speciaal +‎ -ist.

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Noun

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specialist m (plural specialisten, diminutive specialistje n, feminine specialiste)

  1. specialist

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: spesialis

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French spécialiste.

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Noun

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specialist m (plural specialiști, feminine equivalent specialistă)

  1. specialist
    Synonym: expert

Declension

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Swedish

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Etymology

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special +‎ -ist

Noun

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specialist c

  1. a specialist
    Antonym: generalist

Declension

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Declension of specialist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative specialist specialisten specialister specialisterna
Genitive specialists specialistens specialisters specialisternas
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