Definition of PRACTITIONER

practitioner

Plural: practitioners

Noun

  • someone who practices a learned profession
  • A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
  • One who does anything customarily or habitually.
  • A sly or artful person.

Origin / Etymology

Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).

Synonyms

practician

Scrabble Score: 16

practitioner: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
practitioner: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
practitioner: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

practitioner: valid Words With Friends Word