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practisant

/ˈpɹæktɪzənt/

practisant noun: one who practises something; a practitioner.

Noun

practisant (plural practisants)

  1. One who practises something; a practitioner.
    • A Pope who asked you the hour and the date and the place of your birth, drew diagrams on paper, and then told you your secret vices and virtues, was a practisant of arts unholy1904, Frederick Rolfe, Hadrian the Seventh
  2. (obsolete) An agent or confederate in treachery.
    • Here entered Pucelle and her practisants.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of practisant

pluralpractisants

Origin of practisant

Apparently from practise + -ant; originally modelled on French.

Questions about practisant

What does practisant mean?
Practisant means one who practises something; a practitioner.
What part of speech is practisant?
Practisant is a noun.
How do you pronounce practisant?
Practisant is pronounced /ˈpɹæktɪzənt/.
What is the plural of practisant?
The plural of practisant is practisants.

Words near practisant in the dictionary

  1. practicumer
  2. practicumers
  3. practicums
  4. practis'd
  5. practisable
  6. practisant
  7. practisants
  8. practise
  9. practise what one preaches
  10. practiseable
  11. practised

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