Definitions for practitionerprækˈtɪʃ ə nər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
prac•ti•tion•erprækˈtɪʃ ə nər(n.)
a person engaged in the practice of a profession or occupation.
a person who practices something specified.
a person authorized to practice Christian Science healing.
Category: Religion
Origin of practitioner:
1535–45; alter. of practician (practic (al ) + -ian ) + -er1
Princeton's WordNet
practitioner, practician(noun)
someone who practices a learned profession
Wiktionary
practitioner(Noun)
A person who practices a profession or art.
Origin: Formerly practicioner for *, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
Webster Dictionary
Practitioner(noun)
one who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine
Practitioner(noun)
one who does anything customarily or habitually
Practitioner(noun)
a sly or artful person
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