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Prescriber

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).

    "[…] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers."

  2. 2
    One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.

    "Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English."

Etymology

From prescribe + -er.

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