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PARAPROFESSIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paraprofessional mean?
• PARAPROFESSIONAL (noun)
The noun PARAPROFESSIONAL has 1 sense:
1. a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
Familiarity information: PARAPROFESSIONAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("paraprofessional" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paraprofessional"):
legal assistant; paralegal (a person with specialized training who assists lawyers)
paramedic; paramedical (a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment)
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