Expert

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Expert
Author: Noah Webster

EXPERT’, a. [L. expertus, from experior, to try. See Experience.]

1. Properly, experienced; taught by use, practice or experience; hence, skillful; well instructed; having familiar knowledge of; as an expert philosopher.

2. Dextrous; adroit; ready; prompt; having a facility of operation or performance from practice; as an expert operator in surgery. It is usually followed by in; as expert in surgery; expert in performance on a musical instrument. Pope uses expert of arms, but improperly.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Expert," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed October 3, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GMRC56AF2BM35I5.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Expert." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 3 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GMRC56AF2BM35I5.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Expert' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GMRC56AF2BM35I5.