Generalist

//ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.lɪst// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests wordnet
  3. 3
    A general practitioner.
  4. 4
    Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. A eurytopic species.

Etymology

From general + -ist.

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