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- 1 A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
"If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor."
- 2 The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name.
"The students asked to see Doctor Jones."
- 3 children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office wordnet
- 4 A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
- 5 a licensed medical practitioner wordnet
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- 6 A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
- 7 a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution wordnet
- 8 A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
- 9 (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching wordnet
- 10 A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man. obsolete
"So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries."
- 11 Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency. dated
"the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter"
- 12 A fish, the friar skate.
- 13 A ship's cook. obsolete, slang
"[…] old Scotch Jem the boatswain, tunes his fiddle, and the doctor, (ship's cook,) produces his tambourine; the men dance on deck, […]"
- 1 A mnemonic to help remember the difference between the Spanish verbs ser and estar (both meaning "to be"); ser is generally used for: Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Times, Origins, and Relationships.
"SER is used to classify or identify attributes like, description, occupation, characteristic, time, origin or relationship. The acronym D-O-C-T-O-R could be helpful to remember it."
- 1 To act as a medical doctor to. transitive
"Her children doctored her back to health."
- 2 give medical treatment to wordnet
- 3 To act as a medical doctor. humorous, intransitive
"2017, "Do No Harm", season 8, episode 2 of Adventure Time Doctor Princess: Put this on. [gives her lab coat to Finn] OK, you're a doctor now. Good luck. Finn: Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! I don't know how to doctor!"
- 4 restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken wordnet
- 5 To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon. transitive
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- 6 alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive wordnet
- 7 To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior. transitive
"They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick."
- 8 To genetically alter an extant species. transitive
"Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored."
- 9 To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document. figuratively, transitive
"To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery."
- 10 To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink). transitive
- 11 To take medicine. intransitive, obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).
From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).
A backronym from the word doctor.
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