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noun
A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe English -er English prescriber From prescribe + -er.
Across languages
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