Definition of generalist
: one whose skills, interests, or habits are varied or unspecialized
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Examples of generalist in a Sentence
The staff includes both generalists and specialists.
Recent Examples of generalist from the Web
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That’s certain to include deep-pocketed generalists from China.
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The company is also looking for streetcar supervisors, a safety trainer/supervisor, an administrative generalist and facility maintenance technicians.
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The eye doctor was on that street, and the generalist, and the orthopedist, and the skin doctor.
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That generalist lifestyle is reflected in the species’ genomes, both of which are massive, said Coby Schal, an entomology professor at North Carolina State University and an author of the German cockroach study.
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For instance, generalist physicians salaries were $218, 173 in the U.S. compared with a range of $86, 607 to $154, 126 in the other countries.
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Jason Leavitt's employment with the Park Ridge Police Department ended on Feb. 21, said human resources generalist Kim Hodge.
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Yet humanists like Schnapp aren’t just abstract generalists.
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Man of the Woods has been packaged as a step forward for Timberlake after his years of functioning as a pop generalist.
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First Known Use of generalist
1606
GENERALIST Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of generalist for English Language Learners
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: a person who knows something about a lot of subjects
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of generalist
: an individual whose skills or interests extend to several different medical fields;
especially
: general practitioner
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