practitioner

A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.

Noun

  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    • The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason.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...

    Synonyms: practician

  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...
  3. 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:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́ťťō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der. Latin prācticusder. Middle French practique Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French practicienbor. English practician Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English practitioner Formerly practicioner for *practicianer,...

Forms

practitioners

Related

practic practicable practical practice practise

Derived

archpractitioner arch-practitioner copractitioner cultural practitioner general practitioner healthcare practitioner malpractitioner medical practitioner nonpractitioner nurse practitioner nurse-practitioner pracademic practitionership quacktitioner respiratory practitioner telepractitioner