paraprofessional
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is trained to assist a professional: for example, an assistant to an educator.
adj
Of or relating to this assistance.
Example Sentences
- "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
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English professional English paraprofessional From para- + professional.