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Webster 1913 Edition


Practisant

Prac′ti-sant

,
Noun.
An agent or confederate in treachery.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Practisant

PRAC'TISANT

,
Noun.
An agent. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


practisant

practisant

English

Noun

practisant (plural practisants)

  1. One who practises something; a practitioner.
    A practisant of arts unholy. Baron Frederick Corvo.
  2. (obsolete) An agent or confederate in treachery.
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