Noun | 1. | ![]() expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully attache - a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission canonist - a specialist in canon law criminologist - a specialist in criminology crystallographer - a specialist in crystallography educationalist, educationist - a specialist in the theory of education fingerprint expert, fingerprint man, fingerprint specialist - a specialist in identifying fingerprints Germanist - a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature graphic designer, designer - someone who specializes in graphic design graphologist, handwriting expert - a specialist in inferring character from handwriting decorator, designer, house decorator, interior decorator, interior designer, room decorator - a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings limnologist - a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes meteorologist - a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions oculist, optometrist - a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses orientalist - a specialist in oriental subjects Teutonist - a specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England) arborist, tree surgeon - a specialist in treating damaged trees |