practitioner
nounUK /pɹækˈtɪʃənə/ · US /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/
Etymology Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
1
A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
- The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
2
One who does anything customarily or habitually.
- On January 31, 2023, four Falun Gong practitioners in Songbu Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province were arrested. Two of the arrested are still detained as of February 25, 2023.2023 March 5, “Four Hubei Residents Arrested for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong”, in Falun Dafa Information Center, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2023, Persecution in China:
3
Dated A sly or artful person.
- […] the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads.c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament:
- Derived terms
- archpractitioner, arch-practitioner, copractitioner, cultural practitioner, general practitioner, healthcare practitioner, malpractitioner, medical practitioner, nonpractitioner, nurse practitioner, nurse-practitioner, pracademic, practitionership, quacktitioner, respiratory practitioner, telepractitioner
- Related terms
- practic, practicable, practical, practice, practise