"specialer" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} specialer
  1. comparative form of special: more special Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: special (extra: more special)
    Sense id: en-specialer-en-adj-JGeWVcJc

Noun

Forms: specialers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} specialer (plural specialers)
  1. A nurse or aide assigned to provide one-on-one observation of a patient.
    Sense id: en-specialer-en-noun-KHpLs8bB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991 October, “Naked City: The Usual Suspects”, in Spy, page 26",
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          "ref": "1974, Jerrold S. Maxmen, Gary J. Tucker, Michael D. LeBow, Rational hospital psychiatry: the reactive environment, page 255",
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