doctorling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From doctor +‎ -ling.

Noun[edit]

doctorling (plural doctorlings)

  1. (derogatory) A minor, subordinate, or inferior doctor
    • 1853, The Protestant Quarterly Review - Volume 10 - Page 109:
      Such is the infallible decision of our German "theologasters" and doctorlings.
    • 1861, Vanity Fair, volume 3, page 6:
      That last dreadful clause destroyed the fair vision of each sanguine and sanguinary doctorling, of a “free blow," at lectures and a five dollar diploma.
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