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volunpeer

volunpeer noun: a skilled volunteer working at a professional level.

Noun

volunpeer (plural volunpeers)

  1. (neologism) A skilled volunteer working at a professional level.
    • Ferriter shows her respect for the volunteers when she refers to them as “volunpeers.” Ferriter said, “‘Volunpeers’ indicates the ways unit administrators and Smithsonian staff experience the TC along with volunteers.[…]”2016 December 21, Mike Ashenfelder, ““Volun-peers” Help Liberate Smithsonian Digital Collections”, in The Signal
    • After they have registered on JMB’s homepage, reviewers, or “Volunpeers” are alerted to new manuscripts matching their expertise (and only when this is the case). If they see something they like, the Volunpeers can respond to “book” the article for their review.2018 January 9, Christopher Tancock, “Innovation in peer review: introducing “volunpeers””, in Elsevier Connect

Forms of volunpeer

pluralvolunpeers

Origin of volunpeer

Blend of volunteer + peer, coined by Meghan Ferriter of the Smithsonian Transcription Center.

Questions about volunpeer

What does volunpeer mean?
Volunpeer means a skilled volunteer working at a professional level.
What part of speech is volunpeer?
Volunpeer is a noun.
What is the plural of volunpeer?
The plural of volunpeer is volunpeers.

Words near volunpeer in the dictionary

  1. volumometric
  2. volumometrical
  3. volumometry
  4. volumptuous
  5. volun-told
  6. volunpeer
  7. volunpeers
  8. voluntariate
  9. voluntariates
  10. voluntaries
  11. voluntariest

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