Definition of "hypnotist"
A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.
Quotations
Following their modelling of Perls and Satir, Bandler and Grinder went on to model Milton H. Erickson, the world’s foremost medical hypnotist. The result was a different set of language patterns, the Milton Model, and the publication of the second NLP book, Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson MD.
2010, Steve Bavister and Amanda Vickers, Essential NLP (Teach Yourself®), Great Britain: Hodder Education < Hachette UK Co., published 2014, page 7