"practitioner" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹækˈtɪʃənə/ [UK], /pɹækˈtɪʃənəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-practitioner.wav [Southern-England] Forms: practitioners [plural]
Etymology: Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer). Etymology templates: {{m|en|practicioner}} practicioner, {{m|en|*practicianer}} *practicianer, {{m|en|practician}} practician, {{m|en|-er}} -er, {{m|en|musicianer}} musicianer Head templates: {{en-noun}} practitioner (plural practitioners)
  1. A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who practices a profession or art): مُمَارِس (mumāris) (Arabic), beoefenaar [masculine] (Dutch), isto (Esperanto), profesiulo (Esperanto), praktikisto (Esperanto), ammatinharjoittaja (Finnish), -harjoittaja (Finnish), jonkin ammattilainen (Finnish), praktikko (Finnish), praticien [masculine] (French), Praktiker [masculine] (German), Fachmann [masculine] (German), praktisi (Indonesian), professionista (Italian), praticante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 전문직 종사자 (jeonmunjik jongsaja) (Korean), exercitator [masculine] (Latin), exercitatrix [feminine] (Latin), pengamal (Malay), practicien [masculine] (Middle French), utøver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پراتیسین (prâtisian) (Persian), praktyk [masculine] (Polish), praktyczka [feminine] (Polish), praticante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), practician [masculine] (Romanian), practiciană [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-practitioner-en-noun-TQ0UYutg Disambiguation of People: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of 'person who practices a profession or art': 65 11 24
  2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
    Sense id: en-practitioner-en-noun-dOXLFHq1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 65 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 64 14
  3. (dated) A sly or artful person. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-practitioner-en-noun-B~UprOXY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arch-practitioner, cultural practitioner, general practitioner, medical practitioner, nurse-practitioner, nurse practitioner, pracademic, respiratory practitioner Related terms: practic, practicable, practical, practice, practise

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      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "word": "professionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praticante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonmunjik jongsaja",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "word": "전문직 종사자"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exercitator"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exercitatrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "word": "pengamal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utøver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "prâtisian",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "word": "پراتیسین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praktyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praktyczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praticante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "practician"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who practices a profession or art",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "practiciană"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "practitioner"
  ],
  "word": "practitioner"
}

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