Used chiefly in British, Australian, and Canadian English for a person employed or engaged on a session-by-session basis, especially a part-time lecturer or medical practitioner.
Definizioni
sessionaladjective
Relating to or occurring in a session or sessions, often used to describe work or activities that are conducted during a specific period or term.
The university hired sessional lecturers to teach courses during the summer term.
Occurring during or pertaining specifically to a parliamentary or legislative session.
The report was tabled before a sessional committee for further scrutiny.
sessionalnoun
A person who works on a session-by-session basis, especially a part-time academic or professional hired for a specific teaching or clinical period.
Many of the tutorials are taught by sessionals rather than full-time faculty.