prescriber
nounEtymology From prescribe + -er.
1
A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
- […] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers.2007 May 1, The Associated Press, “Prescription-Writing Law Is Voided”, in New York Times:
2
One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
- Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English.2012, Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton, English Historical Linguistics, volume 1, page 971: