practitioner

noun

prac·​ti·​tion·​er prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər 

1

: one who practices or is regularly engaged in a skillful activity

a yoga practitioner

practitioners of the art of glassblowing

especially : one who practices a profession

a health care practitioner

legal practitioners

2

Christian Science : an authorized healer

Synonyms of practitioner

• exponent
• interpreter

Examples of practitioner in a Sentence

a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth

Recent Examples on the Web

The complaint, often at the bottom of the Dockets section, will list the allegations the practice or practitioner has been accused of. — Ella Moore july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

The Self Alignment Cruise was created with Rose Ferguson, a nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

That shift has required courts, creditors and legal practitioners to navigate increasingly complex ownership structures. — Caroline Farah Lembck, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Roach, whom my colleague Jennifer Wilson profiled for this magazine in 2024, is perhaps the most sophisticated practitioner of Method Dressing working today. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier practician, from Middle English (Scots) pratician, from Middle French practicien, from pratique practice

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing practitioner

• family practitioner
• general practitioner
• medical practitioner
• nurse practitioner

Rhymes for practitioner

• commissioner
• conditioner
• parishioner
• petitioner
• positioner
• missioner

Kids Definition

practitioner

noun

prac·​ti·​tio·​ner

prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər

: a person who practices a profession and especially law or medicine

Medical Definition

practitioner

noun

prac·​ti·​tion·​er prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər 

: one who practices a profession and especially medicine