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practitioner

American  
[prak-tish-uh-ner] / prækˈtɪʃ ə nər /

noun

  1. a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc..

    a medical practitioner.

  2. a person who practices something specified.

  3. Christian Science. a person authorized to practice healing.

practitioner British  
/ prækˈtɪʃənə /

noun

  1. a person who practises a profession or art

  2. Christian Science a person authorized to practise spiritual healing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of practitioner

1535–45; alteration of practician ( practic + -ian ) + -er 1

Example Sentences

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The fact that it is coming not just from civil society advocates and consumer protection regulators, but now from hardened national security practitioners marks a notable shift.

From Barron's

Endorsed by a dozen medical groups, the AAP schedule is far and away the preferred version for most healthcare practitioners.

From Los Angeles Times

Many others suffered similar fates, according to a medical practitioner in Tehran and several protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal

This will allow practitioners to "keep tabs on people" and offer them new tests and treatments as they are rolled out, he added, while stressing it would be "incredibly confidential and secure".

From BBC

"It has complicated things, but the practitioners are still going to work together until they're not allowed to. Everyone's going to have to rise above the rhetoric."

From BBC

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