Paraprofessional
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who is trained to assist a professional: for example, an assistant to an educator.
"While these were years of rapid growth, with increasing involvement of paraprofessionals, peer counselors, and, as Rosen says, "good-hearted gay people who wanted to be supportive to their gay brothers and sisters," the atmosphere was still that of a community peer counseling center rather than a professional mental health center or alcoholism treatment center per se."
- 2 a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional wordnet
- 1 Of or relating to this assistance. not-comparable
Example
More examples"While these were years of rapid growth, with increasing involvement of paraprofessionals, peer counselors, and, as Rosen says, "good-hearted gay people who wanted to be supportive to their gay brothers and sisters," the atmosphere was still that of a community peer counseling center rather than a professional mental health center or alcoholism treatment center per se."
Etymology
From para- + professional.
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