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practisant

noun
/ˈpɹæktɪzənt/

Etymology

Apparently from practise + -ant; originally modelled on French.

  1. derived from *per-✻
  2. derived from πρᾱκτική
  3. derived from pratiser
  4. inherited from practizen
  5. suffixed as practisant — “practise + ant”

Definitions

  1. One who practises something

    One who practises something; a practitioner.

    • A Pope who asked you the hour and the date and the place of your birth, drew diagrams on paper, and then told you your secret vices and virtues, was a practisant of arts unholy

  2. An agent or confederate in treachery.

    • Here entered Pucelle and her practisants.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA