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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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Valente is a third-generation practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was Bündchen’s instructor following her divorce from Brady.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
With Secret Love, Dry Cleaning find a perfect game-recognize-game accomplice in Welsh indie auteur Cate Le Bon, who’s become not just an in-demand producer, but practically a subgenre unto herself, attracting like-minded practitioners of off-kilter, observational art-pop into her orbit.
—Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026
Beyond aimless brutality or victory, serious practitioners eventually look toward higher principles – even when the desire for glory is powerful.
—Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practitioner. Accessed 17 Jan. 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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