practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər 
1
: one who practices
especially
: one who practices a profession
2
Christian Science
: an authorized healer
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a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
All healthcare practitioners are required to submit annual forms to track changes and to maintain current and accurate information.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
And Smoke has sought out both the protection and the sublime cooking of a woman named Annie (the superb Wunmi Mosaku), a hoodoo practitioner who also knows how to serve up catfish for a huge crowd.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
In Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku leads as Annie, a soft-hearted yet strong-willed Hoodoo practitioner and herbalist who boasts strong intuition and keeps Smoke (played by Michael B. Jordan) grounded in reality.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practitioner. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər
: one who practices a profession and especially medicine
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