Definitions for Practitioner
prækˈtɪʃ ə nərprac·ti·tion·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. practitioner, practiciannoun

   someone who practices a learned profession

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. practitionernoun

   A person who practices a profession or art.

2. Etymology: Formerly practicioner for *, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practitionernoun

   Etymology: from practice.

   1. He who is engaged in the actual exercise of any art.

   The author exhorts all gentlemen practitioners to exercise themselves in the translatory. Arbuthnot.

   I do not know a more universal and unnecessary mistake among the clergy, but especially the younger practitioners. Jonathan Swift.

   2. One who uses any sly or dangerous arts.

   There is some papistical practitioners among you. John Whitgift.

   3. One who does any thing habitually.

   He must be first an exercised, thorough-paced practitioner of these vices himself. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. practitioner

   A practitioner is an individual who is actively engaged in a specific profession, discipline or field that involves the application of certain skills or knowledge. This person is often certified or accredited in their area of practice and follows a specific professional or ethical standard. Examples include medical practitioners, legal practitioners, and holistic healers among others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practitionernoun

   one who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine

2. Practitionernoun

   one who does anything customarily or habitually

3. Practitionernoun

   a sly or artful person

4. Etymology: [From Practician.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practitioner

   prak-tish′un-ėr, n. one who practises or is engaged in the exercise of any profession, esp. medicine or law.—General practitioner, one who practises in all the branches of medicine and surgery. [Older form practician—O. Fr. practicien.]

Matched Categories

1. • Professional

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Practitioner' in Nouns Frequency: #1362

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Practitioner in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Practitioner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Practitioner in a Sentence

1. Bernhard Wiedermann:

   I've been telling our providers you should always stay within the lines when you're coloring, the immune response for this virus is very complex. A practitioner might think, whether it's giving a higher dose or a lower dose, that they're helping a particular child, but if it hasn't been studied don't do it, because we really don't know what the effects of that will be. This is not the time to be messing with anything outside of what's been authorized.

2. John Elvidge:

   Dr. Metwally gave people the impression that he was supportive of Kelly Wilson and yet he was willing to fuel her appetite for drugs which went well beyond what her general practitioner was prepared to supply.

3. Paul Bozyk:

   Frankly, we have a lot of folks in the community that are just done with the pandemic, it’s hard to be in social isolation for 13 months. Nobody wants that. That’s not good for the psychological health. But as a medical practitioner treating COVID I wanted to make COVID go away. I would tell everyone to stay home until we get herd immunity.

4. Martin Clayton:

   The drawings show that Leonardo was a serious practitioner of sculpture, architecture, engineering and a scientist in many different fields, he saw himself as a fully rounded figure, but drawing is the activity that pulls it all together.

5. Mary Karapetian Alvord:

   As a practitioner, I can't smell them, I can't see their eyes as clearly, what their gait is like, you miss non-verbal sometimes, i rely on thosenon-verbal cues provide important information that helps assess the individuals condition each session.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Practitioner
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Practitioner
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Practitioner
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Practitioner
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Practitioner