Specialist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Specialist \Spe"cial*ist\, n.
     One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical
     specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular
     parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  specialist
       n 1: an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of
            learning [syn: {specializer}, {specialiser}] [ant: {Renaissance
            man}]
       2: practices one branch of medicine [syn: {medical specialist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "specialist":
     Wall Streeter, adept, aficionado, amateur, anesthesiologist,
     artist, artiste, authoritative, authority, bond crowd, broker,
     buff, cardiologist, chiropodist, confined, connoisseur, critic,
     curb broker, dealer, dermatologist, dilettante, expert, eye doctor,
     eye-ear-nose-throat specialist, fan, feature, featured,
     floor broker, floor trader, floorman, freak, geriatrician,
     gerontologist, gynecologist, immunologist, internist, jobber,
     knowledgeable, limited, maestro, master, neurologist, nut,
     obstetrician, oculist, odd-lot dealer, ophthalmologist,
     orthopedist, otolaryngologist, otologist, pathologist,
     pediatrician, pediatrist, pit man, podiatrist, professional,
     psychiatrist, pundit, radiologist, registered representative,
     restricted, savant, scholar, serologist, sharebroker, skin man,
     specialistic, specialized, stock dealer, stock-exchange broker,
     stockbroker, stockjobber, technical, technical expert, technician,
     two-dollar broker