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.

Определения

sessionalприлагательное

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.

sessionalсуществительное

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.