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ˈpracticant
[ad. med.L. practicans, -ant-em, pr. pple. of practicāre, -ārī to practise medicine; after obs. F. praticquant (a 1550 in Godef.); so mod.Ger. praktikant.]
†a. One who practises (medicine). Obs. rare.
b. A practitioner.
1637Brian Pisse-proph. (1679) 66, I was then a young practicant in Physick. 1659Gauden Slight Healers (1660) 12 This is the Patient with whose hurts, sores, bruises, wounds and sorrows, these practicants have most impudently padled. 1827Lancet 17 Nov. 256/2 At some [German] universities, the clinical students are divided into auscultants and practicants. 1952John o' London's 2 May 434/1 In..nutrition, we have known him as a brake on the over-enthusiasm of the practicants in that novel subject. 1974Spectator 9 Nov. 591/3 Practicants of Transcendental Meditation. |