SPECIALIST


Meaning of SPECIALIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspe-sh(ə-)list ]

noun

Date: 1855

1. : one who specializes in a particular occupation, practice, or branch of learning

2. : an enlisted rank in the United States Army corresponding to the grade of corporal ; also : any of several former enlisted ranks corresponding to the grades of sergeant through sergeant first class

3. : an organism (as a bird) specialized especially in food or habitat

• specialist or spe·cial·is·tic ˌspe-shə-ˈlis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.