practitioner
English
Etymology
Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹækˈtɪʃənə/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
practitioner (plural practitioners)
- A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
- The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
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- One who does anything customarily or habitually.
- (dated) A sly or artful person.
- c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament
- […] the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads.
- c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament
Derived terms
Terms derived from practitioner
- general practitioner
- nurse practitioner
- pracademic
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to practitioner
- practic
- practicable
- practical
- practice
- practise
Translations
person who practices a profession or art
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References
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