practitionernoun [ C ]
uk/prækˈtɪʃ.ən.ər/us/prækˈtɪʃ.ən.ɚ/formalC2 someone involved in a skilled job or activity:
Elizabeth Quan is a London-based practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine.
She was a medical practitioner (= a doctor) before she entered politics.
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GP
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Workers in general
- a man of action idiom
- beaver
- drudge
- gang
- graft
- jack-of-all-trades
- labour
- manpower
- night shift
- peon
- personnel
- plod
- relay
- staffing
- team player
- temp
- the shop floor
- tradesman
- workhorse
- working party
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