generalist
English
noun
Definitions
- A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
- (medicine) A general practitioner.
- (ecology) Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions.
Etymology
Suffix from English general.
Origin
English
general
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- general English
- general hospital English
- generalcy English
- generaless English
- generalise English
- generalism English
- generalistic English
- generality English
- generalization English
- generalize English
- generally English
- generalness English
- generalship English
- nongeneral English
- outgeneral English
- overgeneral English
- supergeneralist English
- ungeneralled English
- witchfinder general English
- generālis Latin
- général French
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- ゼネラル Japanese
- general Middle English
- जनरल Hindi
- jeneral Malay
- jenerali Swahili
- جنرل Urdu
- jenerel Tok Pisin
- chvnvl Choctaw