a. | 1. | Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; |
n. | 1. | An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning. |
2. | (Law) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition. | |
3. | A sworn appraiser. | |
v. t. | 1. | To experience. |
Noun | 1. | expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully |
Adj. | 1. | expert - having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" |