prac‧ti‧tion‧er AC /prækˈtɪʃ
ənə $ -ər/
noun [countable] [
Word Family: noun:
practice,
practitioner;
adjective:
PRACTISED/PRACTICED,
PRACTISING/PRACTICING;
verb:
PRACTISE/PRACTICE]
1. someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer
medical/legal practitioner
a practitioner of alternative medicine ⇒
general practitioner2. someone who regularly does a particular activity:
one of golf’s most experienced practitionerspractitioner of a practitioner of Taoist philosophy [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲