Practitioner definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

practitioner in American English · 1. a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc. a medical practitioner · 2. a person who practices ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'practitioner'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× practitioner (præktɪʃənəʳ ) Wordforms:pluralpractitioners 1. countablenoun Doctorsaresometimesreferredtoaspractitionersormedicalpractitioners. [formal] 2. SeealsoGP COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof practitioner Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'practitioner' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'handsel' HindiTranslationof'practitioner' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency practitionerinBritishEnglish (prækˈtɪʃənə ) noun1. apersonwhopractisesaprofessionorart 2. ChristianScience apersonauthorizedtopractisespiritualhealing CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC16:frompractician,fromOldFrenchpraticien,frompratiquertopractise WordFrequency practitionerinAmericanEnglish (prækˈtɪʃənər ) noun1.  apersonwhopracticesaprofession,art,etc. amedicalpractitioner 2. US aChristianSciencehealer Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Wordorigin