Usually means: Support staff assisting licensed professionals.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word paraprofessional:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraprofessional: Merriam-Webster
  2. paraprofessional: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paraprofessional: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paraprofessional: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paraprofessional: Vocabulary.com
  6. Paraprofessional, paraprofessional: Wordnik
  7. paraprofessional: Wiktionary
  8. paraprofessional: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. paraprofessional: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. paraprofessional: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. paraprofessional: Dictionary.com
  12. Paraprofessional: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. paraprofessional: Rhymezone
  14. paraprofessional: FreeDictionary.org
  15. paraprofessional: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. paraprofessional: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. paraprofessional: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. paraprofessional: Medical dictionary

(Note: See paraprofessionals as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paraprofessional)

▸ noun:  A person who is trained to assist a professional.
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to this assistance.

Similar:
paratherapist, paraeducator, assistant, semiprofessional, subprofessional, professionalist, assister, teaching assistant, nonprofessional, education assistant, more...

Opposite:
professional, expert, specialist

Types:
teaching assistant, teacher's aide, instructional aide, more...

Phrases:
Paraprofessional educator, more...

Adjectives:
trained, indigenous, bilingual, time, new, legal, special, professional, medical, mental, female

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Similar:
paratherapist, paraeducator, assistant, semiprofessional, subprofessional, professionalist, assister, teaching assistant, nonprofessional, education assistant, more...

Opposite:
professional, expert, specialist

Types:
teaching assistant, teacher's aide, instructional aide, more...

Phrases:
Paraprofessional educator, more...

Adjectives:
trained, indigenous, bilingual, time, new, legal, special, professional, medical, mental, female



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