panellistpanelistn.
/ˈpanl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈpænl̩əst/ 1. British. A medical practitioner providing free treatment to persons appropriately insured. See panel n.1 14c. Now historical and rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > panel physician
panel doctor1913
panel practitioner1914
panellist1937
1937 G. Frankau More of Us 14 Alas! Came dawn when local panelist Pronounced Jack's Ladye Alice a cadaver.
2. A member of a panel (panel n.1 14b), esp. on a radio or television programme.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip > discussion > group, panel, or panellist
panel?1578
panellist1948
rap group1969
1948 Anniston (Alabama) Star 14 May 3/4 Miss Hunt will join regular panelists Fred VanDeventer, Florence Rinard, Herb Polesie and Bobby McGuire as they attempt to identify subjects described only as ‘animal, mineral or vegetable’ by emcee Bill Slater.
1952 N.Y. Times 14 June 13 Bennett Cerf..television panelist and anthologist, has compiled another book of humor.
1959 Encounter Dec. 52/1 The panelists at the Socialist meeting.
1976 Nature 15 Apr. 633/2 The effect at the lower concentration of bitterness investigated was so marked that four out of the five panellists could detect no bitterness at all after presaturation of their tongues with sucrose.
2002 Eastern Eye 26 July 18/1 The panellists all head to the Green Room for refreshments and mutual back slapping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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