- practitioner
- He who is engaged in the exercise or employment of any art or profession as contrasted with one who teaches such.See practice
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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practitioner — UK US /prækˈtɪʃənər/ noun [C] ► someone who works in a job that involves long training and high levels of skill: »He has years of experience as a senior practitioner in the financial services industry. »a health/legal/medical practitioner → See… … Financial and business terms
practitioner — I noun artificer, artisan, artist, attorney, counselor, craftsman, creative worker, journeyman, lawyer, master worker, professional, solicitor, specialist, trained person associated concepts: legal practitioner, single practitioner, sole… … Law dictionary
Practitioner — Prac*ti tion*er, n. [From {Practician}.] 1. One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine. Crabbe. [1913 Webster] 2. One who does anything customarily or habitually. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
practitioner — [prak tish′ə nər] n. [< earlier practician, one qualified by practice (< MFr practicien: see PRACTICE & IAN) + ER] 1. a person who practices a profession, art, etc. [a medical practitioner ] ☆ 2. a Christian Science healer … English World dictionary
practitioner — (n.) 1540s, a hybrid formed from practitian (c.1500, from Fr. practicien, from L.L. practicus fit for action, see PRACTICE (Cf. practice)) on model of parishioner … Etymology dictionary
practitioner — [n] expert doctor, master, pro, professional, specialist; concepts 348,350,416 … New thesaurus
practitioner — ► NOUN ▪ a person engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine … English terms dictionary
Practitioner — A practitioner is someone who engages in an occupation, profession, religion, or way of life.A medical practitioner or registered medical practitioner refers to occupations such as * Physician * General practitioner, a primary care physician *… … Wikipedia
practitioner — prac|ti|tion|er W3 [prækˈtıʃənə US ər] n 1.) someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer medical/legal practitioner ▪ a practitioner of alternative medicine →↑general practitioner 2.) someone who regularly does a particular activity ▪ one of golf s … Dictionary of contemporary English
practitioner — UK [prækˈtɪʃ(ə)nə(r)] / US [prækˈtɪʃ(ə)nər] noun [countable] Word forms practitioner : singular practitioner plural practitioners formal 1) someone who works in a particular profession, especially medicine or law He decided to travel against the… … English dictionary
practitioner — prac|ti|tion|er [ præk tıʃnər ] noun count FORMAL 1. ) someone who works in a particular profession, especially medicine: He decided to travel against the advice of a medical practitioner. a nurse practitioner => GENERAL PRACTITIONER 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
