practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər 
1
: one who practices
especially
: one who practices a profession
2
Christian Science
: an authorized healer
Examples of practitioner in a Sentence
a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Diane Harris, TIME, 8 May 2024
Film is a visual medium, and its practitioners are visual people.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for practitioner
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practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər
: one who practices a profession and especially medicine
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