doctor

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Two doctors (physicians) examining a patient.

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From Middle English doctor, doctour (an expert, authority on a subject), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (teacher), from doceō (I 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)).

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doctor (plural doctors)

  1. 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.
  2. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, DPT, DC, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
    If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see your doctor.
  3. A veterinarian; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick.
  4. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

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  • Doctor is capitalized when used as a title:
    Doctor Smith

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See also Types of academic doctor below

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doctor (third-person singular simple present doctors, present participle doctoring, simple past and past participle doctored)

  1. (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
    Her children doctored her back to health.
  2. (transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.
  3. (transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
    They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
    We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
  4. (transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
    Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
  5. (transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
    To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Dutch doctor, from Latin doctor (teacher, instructor).

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  • IPA: /ˈdɔktɔr/, /ˈdɔktər/

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doctor m (plural doctors or doctoren, diminutive doctortje)

  1. doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From doceō (teach).

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doctor (genitive doctōris); m, third declension

  1. teacher, instructor
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) catechist

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Number Singular Plural
nominative doctor doctōrēs
genitive doctōris doctōrum
dative doctōrī doctōribus
accusative doctōrem doctōrēs
ablative doctōre doctōribus
vocative doctor doctōrēs

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Romanian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin doctor (17th century), French docteur or German Doktor

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  • IPA: [ ˈdok.tor ]

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doctor m (plural doctorifeminine equivalent doctoră)

  1. doctor

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Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from Latin doctor.

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doctor m (plural doctores, feminine singular doctora, feminine plural doctoras)

  1. doctor
  2. physician

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