practitioner
Americannoun
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practitioners
plural
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a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc..
a medical practitioner.
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a person who practices something specified.
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Christian Science. a person authorized to practice healing.
noun
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a person who practises a profession or art
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Christian Science a person authorized to practise spiritual healing
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of practitioner
1535–45; alteration of practician ( practic + -ian ) + -er 1
Explanation
A practitioner is an expert who uses that knowledge as part of a profession. Every yoga practitioner started by attending an introductory class. In practitioner, you can see the word practice, which everyone says will make you perfect. Practice can also mean the clients, daily activities, and location where a professional such as a doctor works. So a practitioner is someone who has learned everything about his or her field and is actively working in that field. So don't worry about going to the doctor — you won't be practice for this practitioner.
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Some people may choose an aesthetic practitioner over the NHS, she said, as they believe they will have more choice about how their lips will look after.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
An altar in the home of a practitioner of an African diasporic religion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
As with so many land mines in our broken healthcare system, having a reliable and trustworthy practitioner to consult and query regarding the reality of compounded medications is the best solution.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
A newspaper columnist myself a quarter-century later, I am loath to judge strictly the instantaneous reaction of a fellow practitioner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
So he sat down and, in his free evenings and weekends, wrote an eight-hundred-page textbook on the subject, painstakingly reviewing the available evidence for the most common problems a general practitioner might encounter.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Brierley said everyone was entitled to their own choice about using aesthetic practitioners, but that it was important to be aware of how to deal with any complications.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
After completing extra training she now works with non-profit organisation CleftInject, which help adults with scarring from cleft lip surgery find aesthetic practitioners who understand the condition.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Mehndiratta, who joined Thrive as a partner in 2021 and previously worked on data science at Blackstone, said the company builds dedicated engineering teams alongside experienced practitioners in each industry to find and remove bottlenecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Even people who wouldn’t describe themselves as religious were among the practitioners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to their task no “high-minded orientation,” no humility before the vast forces with which they tamper.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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