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Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Ancient Greek πρᾱγ- (prāg-) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-West Germanic *-ārī English practitioner Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
Pronunciation
Noun
practitioner (plural practitioners)
- A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
- Synonym: practician
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
- One who does anything customarily or habitually.
2023 March 5, “Four Hubei Residents Arrested for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong”, in Falun Dafa Information Center[1], archived from the original on 14 March 2023, Persecution in China:On January 31, 2023, four Falun Gong practitioners in Songbu Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province were arrested. Two of the arrested are still detained as of February 25, 2023.
- (dated) A sly or artful person.
c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament:[…] the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads.
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Translations
person who practices a profession or art
- Arabic: مُمَارِس (mumāris)
- Dutch: beoefenaar (nl) m, practicus (nl) m
- Esperanto: isto (eo), profesiulo, praktikisto
- Finnish: ammatinharjoittaja (fi), -harjoittaja (fi), ammattilainen (fi), praktikko
- French: praticien (fr) m
- Middle French: practicien m
- German: Praktiker m, Fachmann (de) m
- Hindi: साधक (hi) (sādhak), व्यवसायी (hi) (vyavsāyī)
- Indonesian: praktisi (id)
- Italian: professionista (it), praticante (it) m or f
- Korean: 전문직 종사자 (jeonmunjik jongsaja)
- Latin: exercitator m, exercitatrix f
- Malay: pengamal
- Māori: kaiwhakamahereora
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: utøver (no) m
- Persian: پراتیسین (prâtisian)
- Polish: praktyk (pl) m, praktyczka f
- Portuguese: praticante (pt) m or f
- Romanian: practician (ro) m, practiciană (ro) f
- Spanish: practicante (es) m or f, practicanta f, practicador (es) m, profesionista m or f
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