prescriber

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Noun

prescriber (plural prescribers)

1. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
2. One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
   • 2012, Alexander Bergs, ‎Laurel J. Brinton, English Historical Linguistics (volume 1, page 971)

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

Translations

• German: Verordner, Verordnerin

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