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paraprofessionals

paraprofessionals is the plural of paraprofessional.

Meaning of paraprofessional

Noun

paraprofessional (plural paraprofessionals)

  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...1979 December 8, Dick Bowring, “HATS Helps Gay Alcoholics”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 10

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Questions about paraprofessionals

What is paraprofessionals the plural of?
Paraprofessionals is the plural of paraprofessional.

Words near paraprofessionals in the dictionary

  1. paraprofessional
  2. paraprofessional educator
  3. paraprofessional educators
  4. paraprofessionalism
  5. paraprofessionally
  6. paraprofessionals
  7. parapropamol
  8. paraprosdokian
  9. paraprosdokians
  10. paraprostate
  11. paraprostatic

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