1. a person who has broad knowledge or skills in many different areas rather than deep expertise in one specific field

Examples

• She is a generalist who can work in marketing, sales, and customer service.
• The company hired a generalist to manage multiple departments.
• Unlike a specialist, a generalist has knowledge across many disciplines.
• He started as a generalist but eventually became a specialist in software engineering.
• The team needed a generalist who could handle both technical and administrative tasks.