the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine.
n. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
n. A sly or artful person.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A practiser; one who acquires knowledge from actual practice; one who has practical experience.
n. One who is engaged in the actual practice or exercise of any art or profession, as law or medicine.
n. One who uses schemes or artifices; a plotter; a conspirator.
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n. someone who practices a learned profession
Word Usage
"Inks can become paradoxically darker, skin areas can blanch, and if the practitioner is working near lashes and brows, hair follicles can become damaged leading to permanent hair loss."