Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who practices something, especially an occupation, profession, or technique.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A practiser; one who acquires knowledge from actual practice; one who has practical experience.
- noun One who is engaged in the actual practice or exercise of any art or profession, as law or medicine.
- noun One who uses schemes or artifices; a plotter; a conspirator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine.
- noun One who does anything customarily or habitually.
- noun A sly or artful person.
- noun See under
General , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
practices a profession or art.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who practices a learned profession
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Inks can become paradoxically darker, skin areas can blanch, and if the practitioner is working near lashes and brows, hair follicles can become damaged leading to permanent hair loss.
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What I know as a mere practitioner, is that a double crew can deal with almost anything as a compact unit, given the right vehicle and equipment.
‘Single Crewed’ In Ruralshire « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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My NHS general practitioner is a good guy who knows what he's doing - so good, in fact, that retaining his services is a major factor in determining whether or not I move house in the future, because if I move he might not be able to retain me on his books.
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To internationally renowned monk Thich Nhat Hanh, the meditation practitioner is like a lotus flower in the process of unfolding.
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It has almost been 50 years after the death of its main practitioner, but the ideas of Organic Architecture didn't die with Frank Lloyd Wright.
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It has almost been 50 years after the death of its main practitioner, but the ideas of Organic Architecture didn't die with Frank Lloyd Wright.
November 2008 2008
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Once they are there they come under attack and unless the magical practitioner is caught, werewolf society will be enslaved to a malevolent mage.
Cry Wolf-Patricia Briggs « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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Another very useful application for the legal practitioner is Google Docs, a Web-based word processing system.
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Another very useful application for the legal practitioner is Google Docs, a Web-based word processing system.
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Another very useful application for the legal practitioner is Google Docs, a Web-based word processing system.
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