DOCTOR
\dˈɒktə], \dˈɒktə], \d_ˈɒ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of DOCTOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
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a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
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give medical treatment to
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(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
By Princeton University
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alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
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a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
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give medical treatment to
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.
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An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.
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One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.
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To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
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To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
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To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.
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To practice physic.
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A physician.
By Oddity Software
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A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.
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An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.
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One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.
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To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
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To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
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To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.
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To practice physic.
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A physician.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One holding the highest degree conferred by a university; a medical practitioner.
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Colloquially, to treat medically; slang, tamper with or give a false appearance to.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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(F.) Docteur, Medecin. Frequently applied to any one who practises medicine; although properly confined to him who has received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. See Physician.
By Robley Dunglison
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A teacher, an instructor; any practitioner of medicine. Used as a verb, it signifies to administer medicine or medical treatment. [Old Fr., Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] A teacher or expounder;—one who has received an honorary degree in any of the learned professions; a man of science, erudition, or professional acquirements;—one licensed to practise medicine; a physician;—one of the authorities in the early or mediaeval church;—a mechanical contrivance;—the reservoir or duct of ink in a steam press.
