expert
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expert/ˈekspɜːt/
▶noun a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area. ▶adjective having or involving specialized knowledge or skill.
– derivatives
expertly adverb,
expertness noun.
expertly adverb,
expertness noun.
– origin ME (as adj.): from Fr., from L. expertus, past part. of experiri ‘try’; cf. experience and experiment.
'expert' also found in these Oxford entries:
black belt
- canonist
- centaur
- connoisseur
- consult
- consultancy
- consultant
- consultation
- dab hand
- deadeye
- dietitian
- documentarian
- economist
- experience
- experiment
- expert system
- guru
- hired gun
- Hispanist
- historian
- Holmesian
- jurisconsult
- jurist
- lay
- Luger
- masterclass
- maven
- mufti
- naturalist
- panda
- pert
- pilot
- plantsman
- pointy-headed
- pundit
- rhetorician
- Romanist
- scientist
- Shakespearean
- shark
- Sovietologist
- speciality
- specialize
- spinner
- supremo
- techie
- theologian
- tip
- ulema
