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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Expert

/(ĕks*pẽrt")/ · Ex·pert · IPA /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/
01 a. Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much…
  1. 1.
    Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
    “A valiant and most expert gentleman.” — Shak.
    “What practice, howsoe'er expert In fitting aptest words to things . . . Hath power to give thee as thou wert?” — Tennyson.
Syn. Adroit; dexterous; clever; ready; prompt.
02 n. An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in a…
  1. 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. 2.
    A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.(Law)
  3. 3.
    A sworn appraiser.
03 v. t. To experience.
  1. 1.
    To experience.[Obs.]
    “Die would we daily, once it to expert.” — Spencer.