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noun
A practitioner; someone who practises a particular profession, especially medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who practices a learned profession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: practitioner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: professional, professional person
Narrower terms: clinician, Gongorist, homeopath, homoeopath
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h2-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́ťťō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)der. Ancient Greek πρᾱγ- (prāg-) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der. Latin prācticusder. Middle French practique Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French practicienbor. English practician Borrowed from Middle French practicien. By surface analysis, practice + -ian.
