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
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a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Holistic health practitioner Sue Judge ran the two-hour session, which included a leisurely stroll through the woods, poetry readings and a short meditation session.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Tuning forks are also used by practitioners in fields such as physiotherapy, sound healing, and alternative wellness, with a wide range of products available at different price points.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
In his research—which evaluated 40 AI models across thousands of real-world job tasks, each assessed by practitioners in the relevant field—Thompson and his colleagues find that automation doesn’t affect all parts of a job equally.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Holistic health practitioner Sue Judge ran the two-hour session, which included a leisurely stroll through the woods, poetry readings and a short meditation session.
—Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 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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