Practisant
//ˈpɹæktɪzənt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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. obsolete
"Here entered Pucelle and her practisants."
Example
More examples"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"
Etymology
Apparently from practise + -ant; originally modelled on French.
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