Practitioner

A Practitioner is a skilled worker with applies specialized knowledge.

• Context:
  • They can range from being a Formal/Professional Practitioner to being an Informal Practitioner.
  • They can range from being a Doer Practitioner to being a Subject-Matter Expert to being a Manager.
  • They can apply a Methodology.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • a Physician.
  • a Lawyer.
  • a Computer Scientist.
  • a Data Scientist, such as a Data Miner.
  • a Data Modeler.
  • a Statistician.
  • a Mathematician.
  • a Logician.
  • a Machine Learning Practitioner.
  • a Legal Practitioner (e.g. Litigator, Legal Council).
  • a Medical Practitioner.
  • a Dental Practitioner.
  • a Nurse Practitioner.
  • a Justice Practitioner.
  • a Project Manager.
  • a Business Analyst.
  • a Welder.
  • an Electrician.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Amateur.
  • a Student.
  • a Unskilled Worker.
  • a Layperson.
  • a Researcher.
  • a Theoretician.
• See: Professional, Moral Obligation, Occupation, Practice, Worker, Subject Matter Expert.

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References

2020

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/practitioner#Noun
  1. A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
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  2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
  3. Template:Dated A sly or artful person.
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       Template:... the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads.

2013

• (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practitioner Retrieved:2013-12-1. PRUNNED
  • A practitioner is someone who engages in an occupation, profession, religion, or way of life.

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=practitioner
  • S: (n) practitioner, practician (someone who practices a learned profession)

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