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practitioner definition

prac·ti·tioner (prak tis̸h′ə nər)

noun

  1. a person who practices a profession, art, etc. a medical practitioner
  2. ☆ a Christian Science healer

Etymology: < earlier practician, one qualified by practice (< MFr practicien: see practice & -ian) + -er

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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