How do you use the word "practitioner" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "practitioner" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "practitioner": He had been a practitioner of Aikido for seven years. As a practitioner of craniosacral therapy, Tom is often denounced as a charlatan.

Practitioner Meaning

/pɹækˈtɪʃənə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.

nounOne who does anything customarily or habitually.

Sentence Examples

He had been a practitioner of Aikido for seven years.

As a practitioner of craniosacral therapy, Tom is often denounced as a charlatan.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The medical ____ carefully examined the patient's symptoms and prescribed the treatment.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The general ____ referred the patient to a specialist after the initial examination.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́ťťō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der. Latin prācticusder. Middle French practique Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French practicienbor. English practician Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English practitioner Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy." — 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:

"On January 31, 2023, four Falun Gong practitioners in Songbu Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province were arrested. Two of the arrested are still detained as of February 25, 2023." — 2023 March 5, “Four Hubei Residents Arrested for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong”, in Falun Dafa Information Center, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2023, Persecution in China:

"[…] the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads." — c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament:

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