prac ‧ ti ‧ tion ‧ er AC /prækˈtɪʃ ə nə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ practice , ↑ practitioner ; adjective : PRACTISED/PRACTICED , PRACTISING/PRACTICING ; verb : PRACTISE/PRACTICE ]
1 . someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer
medical/legal practitioner
a practitioner of alternative medicine
⇨ ↑ general practitioner
2 . someone who regularly does a particular activity:
one of golf’s most experienced practitioners
practitioner of
a practitioner of Taoist philosophy