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practitioner

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. practitioner (noun)
  2. family practitioner (noun)
  3. general practitioner (noun)
  4. nurse-practitioner (noun)

prac·ti·tion·er

noun \prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər\

Definition of PRACTITIONER

1
: one who practices; especially : one who practices a profession
2
Christian Science : an authorized healer
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Examples of PRACTITIONER

  1. <a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth>

Origin of PRACTITIONER

alteration of earlier practician, from Middle English (Scots) pratician, from Middle French practicien, from pratique practice
First Known Use: 1535

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