archpractitioner
nounUK /ɑː(ɹ)tʃ.pɹækˈtɪʃənɚ/ · US /ɑɹt͡ʃ.pɹækˈtɪʃənɚ/
Etymology From arch- + practitioner.
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Rare A foremost practitioner.
- Um jenes treue Liebe und deren Flatterhaftigkeit zu motivieren, ist er femer zur Umformung des ehrenwerten Diomedes der Ilias "into an archpractitioner of seductive wiles" gezwungen.1908, Otmar Schissel von Fleschenberg, Dares-Studien, M. Niemeyer, page 18:
- Sauter and Joyce. If they sounded like a headline act in vaudeville, it was an amusing and telling coincidence, for in many ways they were the archpractitioners of news as low-budget entertainment.1991, Liz Trotta, Fighting for Air, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 318:
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- As members of the United Nations, would it be in order for us to say that the archpractitioners of apartheid, which was declared a sin against humanity, are criminals?1996, South Africa Parliament, National Assembly, Debates of the National Assembly (Hansard), Issue 2, Government Printer, page 3191: