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
Examples of practitioner in a Sentence
a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
All information presented here is not meant as a substitute for or alternative to information from health care practitioners.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Lent is a time between Ash Wednesday and the Eastern Triduum where practitioners are asked to fast, abstain, and serve in honor of Jesus’s 40-day fasting before his public service.
—Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 26 Feb. 2026
When lunar eclipses occur, New Age practitioners and others who believe in astrology — the pseudoscientific claim that stars, the moon, and planets affect the character and health of people’s lives — make many claims.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
All information presented here is not meant as a substitute for or alternative to information from health care practitioners.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Lent is a time between Ash Wednesday and the Eastern Triduum where practitioners are asked to fast, abstain, and serve in honor of Jesus’s 40-day fasting before his public service.
—Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 26 Feb. 2026
When lunar eclipses occur, New Age practitioners and others who believe in astrology — the pseudoscientific claim that stars, the moon, and planets affect the character and health of people’s lives — make many claims.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practitioner. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər
: one who practices a profession and especially medicine
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