practitioner
/pɹækˈtɪʃənə/US/pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/
practitioner noun: a person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
Noun
practitioner (plural practitioners)
- 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- The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason.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
- Synonyms:
- practician
- 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...
- 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
practitioner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
practitioner in Hindi
- person who practices a profession or art
- साधक sādhak, व्यवसायी vyavsāyī
practitioner in Tamil
- தொழில் நடத்துநர், தொழில் புரிபவர், மருத்துவத் தொழிலர், மருத்துவர்
practitioner in Bengali
- ব্যবসায়ী
practitioner in Kannada
- ವೃತ್ತಿ ನಡೆಸುವವನು, ವೃತ್ತಿಗಾರ, ತಪಾಸಣೆಗಾರ, ತನಿಖೆಗಾರ, ಆಡಿಟರು
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- practitioner in Arabic
- مُمَارِس mumāris
- practitioner in Malay
- pengamal
- practitioner in Indonesian
- praktisi
- practitioner in Persian
- پراتیسین prâtisian
Examples of practitioner in a sentence
- His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to uninitiated listeners, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
- His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to the uninitiated, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
- Whoever has not abandoned desire for fruits of action and still have self-centered objectives can never become a Yogi or a practitioner of spiritual communion through work.
Synonyms of practitioner
Forms of practitioner
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Origin of practitioner
Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
Words formed from practitioner
Questions about practitioner
- What does practitioner mean?
- Practitioner means a person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
- What is practitioner in Hindi?
- Practitioner in Hindi is साधक (sādhak), व्यवसायी (vyavsāyī). See Practitioner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is practitioner?
- Practitioner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce practitioner?
- Practitioner is pronounced /pɹækˈtɪʃənə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of practitioner?
- The plural of practitioner is practitioners.
Words near practitioner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: practitioner (page history and authors); practitioner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); practitioner (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); practitioner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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