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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In the long run, kindness will benefit everyone—the practitioners and the recipients—in a million different ways.
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Catherine Newman, Parents, 22 Feb. 2026
But his script for the 1971 movie The Hospital displayed a righteous sense of indignation at the way the American health-care system failed its practitioners and its patients.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
Social media addiction is not recognized as an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is the standard reference psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners use to assess and treat patients.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
At that meeting, Vice Chair James Craig proposed a resolution to remove the practitioners from the budget reductions, which was supported by four other board members.
—Kathryn Muchnick, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
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Catherine Newman, Parents, 22 Feb. 2026
But his script for the 1971 movie The Hospital displayed a righteous sense of indignation at the way the American health-care system failed its practitioners and its patients.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
Social media addiction is not recognized as an official disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is the standard reference psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners use to assess and treat patients.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
At that meeting, Vice Chair James Craig proposed a resolution to remove the practitioners from the budget reductions, which was supported by four other board members.
—Kathryn Muchnick, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practitioner. Accessed 27 Feb. 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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