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practitioner [prækˈtɪʃənə] n
1. (Business / Professions) a person who practises a profession or art 2. (Christian Churches, other) Christian Science a person authorized to practise spiritual healing [from practician, from Old French praticien, from pratiquer to practise] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations practitioner [prækˈtɪʃənər] n → praticien(ne) m/f alternative practitioner → praticien de médecine douce legal practitioner → avocat plaidant medical practitioner praetorian guard [prɪˌtɔːriənˈgɑːrd] n (HISTORY) → garde f prétorienne (fig) → garde f prétorienne practitioner n (of method) → Benutzer(in) m(f), → Anwender(in) m(f); (= medical practitioner) → praktischer Arzt, praktische Ärztin; (= dental practitioner) → Zahnarzt m → /-ärztin f; (= legal practitioner) → Rechtsanwalt m → /-anwältin f; practitioners of this profession → diejenigen, die diesen Beruf ausüben; he is a practitioner of Zen Buddhism → er ist ein Anhänger des Zen-Buddhismus ? general practitioner practitioner [prækˈtɪʃ/ənəʳ] n (of an art) → professionista m/f (Med) → medico practitioner [prækˈtɪʃ/ənəʳ] n (of an art) → professionista m/f (Med) → medico How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry--dignified, solid, and reassuring. Called upon to choose between the course indicated by a physician who is making his five thousand a year, and who is certain of the next medical baronetcy, and the advice volunteered by an obscure general practitioner at the East End of London, who is not making his five hundred a year--need I stop to inform you of her ladyship's decision? We hear sometimes of an action for damages against the unqualified medical practitioner, who has deformed a broken limb in pretending to heal it. |
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