Specialist frequently refers to an expert in a profession. It can also mean:
- Specialist (rank), a military rank
- Specialist degree, in academia
- "Specialist", a song by the band Interpol
- "The Specialist", the English translation of "Lo Sconosciuto", an Italian comics character
- Generalist and specialist species, a method of species categorization
- A market maker in a stock exchange
- Specialty (medicine)
- Payload Specialist, a Space Shuttle crew member selected for a single specific mission
- The Specialist, a 1994 action film
- Specialist, a military avionics, electrical & environmental, or engines expert
- American football special teams player who is either a return specialist or a kicking specialist.
- Specialist (short story), a science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley
- Specialist, one of the Belbin team roles
Famous quotes containing the word specialist:
“He was no specialist except in the relation of things.... He took most of his materials at second hand.... But no matter who mined the gold, the image and superscription are his.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“... to a specialist his specialty is the whole of everything and if his specialty is in good order and it generally is then everything must be succeeding.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“As a thinker and planner, the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts, she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)