practitioner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who works in a profession or skilled field, especially medicine or law.

   As a general practitioner, she sees dozens of patients every day.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who regularly does or practices a particular activity.

   He is a serious practitioner of meditation, sitting for an hour every morning.

Common collocations

• nurse practitioner Noun + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́ťťō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-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 practi…

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