specialist

Pluralspecialists

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A person who knows a great deal about one subject.

   A specialist in old coins looked at the ones we found.

   The museum asked a specialist to check whether the painting was real.

   Similarexpert, connoisseur, enthusiast, aficionado

   Oppositegeneralist, layman

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A doctor who treats only one kind of illness or one part of the body.

   Her doctor sent her to a heart specialist.

   You need a referral before the specialist will see you.

   Similarconsultant

   Oppositegeneralist

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3. 3
   adjectiveBritish

   Needing or using deep knowledge of one narrow subject. A British use.

   Repairing the old windows was highly specialist work.

   The shop sells specialist tools for watchmakers.

   Similarspecialized, technical, expert, niche

   Oppositegeneral, popular

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A player who does one job on a team, such as kicking.

   The team signed a specialist just to kick field goals.

   As a spin specialist he rarely bats above number ten.

   Oppositeall-rounder

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5. 5
   nounUScountable

   In the US Army, a rank for enlisted soldiers about equal to a corporal.

   She was promoted to specialist after two years in the army.

   The sergeant ordered the specialist to fall in with the rest of the squad.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A plant or animal that can live only in one particular kind of place.

   The tiny tree is an alpine specialist found only in high mountain bogs.

   A specialist can die out if its one habitat disappears.

   Oppositegeneralist

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   At Eton College, a student in the sixth form (the senior years).

   Her brother is now a specialist at Eton, in his final years at the school.

   The Eton specialists took their final exams in June.

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