practitioner

  • 1practitioner — UK US /prækˈtɪʃənər/ noun [C] ► someone who works in a job that involves long training and high levels of skill: »He has years of experience as a senior practitioner in the financial services industry. »a health/legal/medical practitioner → See… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2practitioner — I noun artificer, artisan, artist, attorney, counselor, craftsman, creative worker, journeyman, lawyer, master worker, professional, solicitor, specialist, trained person associated concepts: legal practitioner, single practitioner, sole… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3Practitioner — Prac*ti tion*er, n. [From {Practician}.] 1. One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine. Crabbe. [1913 Webster] 2. One who does anything customarily or habitually. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4practitioner — [prak tish′ə nər] n. [< earlier practician, one qualified by practice (< MFr practicien: see PRACTICE & IAN) + ER] 1. a person who practices a profession, art, etc. [a medical practitioner ] ☆ 2. a Christian Science healer …

    English World dictionary

  • 5practitioner — (n.) 1540s, a hybrid formed from practitian (c.1500, from Fr. practicien, from L.L. practicus fit for action, see PRACTICE (Cf. practice)) on model of parishioner …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6practitioner — [n] expert doctor, master, pro, professional, specialist; concepts 348,350,416 …

    New thesaurus

  • 7practitioner — ► NOUN ▪ a person engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8Practitioner — A practitioner is someone who engages in an occupation, profession, religion, or way of life.A medical practitioner or registered medical practitioner refers to occupations such as * Physician * General practitioner, a primary care physician *… …

    Wikipedia

  • 9practitioner — prac|ti|tion|er W3 [prækˈtıʃənə US ər] n 1.) someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer medical/legal practitioner ▪ a practitioner of alternative medicine →↑general practitioner 2.) someone who regularly does a particular activity ▪ one of golf s …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10practitioner — UK [prækˈtɪʃ(ə)nə(r)] / US [prækˈtɪʃ(ə)nər] noun [countable] Word forms practitioner : singular practitioner plural practitioners formal 1) someone who works in a particular profession, especially medicine or law He decided to travel against the… …

    English dictionary