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doctorship

American  
[dahk-ter-ship] / ˈdɑk tərˌʃɪp /

noun

doctorships plural
  1. the academic degree of doctor or the fact of holding such a degree, whether in medicine or in another field.

  2. the position or role of a medical doctor.


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Thank you to the head of Comcast, Ted Harbert, thank you to the powers that be that took his reruns down, his Disney statue in Orlando, they stripped him of his doctorship at Temple University.

From The Guardian Jul. 31, 2015

The captain adds the doctorship to his own duties.

From Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion by Twain, Mark

Well, how far have you travelled in doctorship?

From The Peace Egg and Other tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Ah! goodness, all is lost! well, here's a pretty upset for my doctorship!

From The Flying Doctor (Le Médecin Volant) by Wall, Charles Heron

No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship,—not though it be of the Garter,—confers so fair an honour.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony

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