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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.

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  1. a. 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.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.
  4. n. A sworn appraiser.
  5. v. t. To experience.
  6. adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  7. adj. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
  8. n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
  9. Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; havingfacility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and readyfrom much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expertin 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 Tennison.
  10. j:2/n:98 n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully