Practisant

//ˈpɹæktɪzənt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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