prescriber

English

Etymology

prescribe +‎ -er

Noun

prescriber (plural prescribers)

1. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
   • 2007 May 1, The Associated Press, “Prescription-Writing Law Is Voided”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] 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. 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

a person who prescribes medication

• Finnish: reseptin kirjoittaja
• German: Verordner m, Verordnerin f
• Korean: 처방자 (cheobangja), 처방의 (cheobang'ui)