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practitioner

prac·ti·tion·er [ prak tísh'nər ] (plural prac·ti·tion·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody who practices profession: somebody who practices a profession, especially medicine

2. Christian Science healer: in Christian Science, somebody who carries out ministry and spiritual healing

[Mid-16th century. < obsolete practician< Old French practicien< practiser< medieval Latin practizare (see practice)]
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