doctor
[ dok-ter ]
/ ˈdɒk tər /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Origin of doctor
1275–1325; Middle English docto(u)r (<Anglo-French ) <Latin, equivalent to doc(ēre) to teach + -tor-tor
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British Dictionary definitions for doctor
doctor
/ (ˈdɒktə) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of doctor
doctoral or doctorial (dɒkˈtɔːrɪəl), adjectiveWord Origin for doctor
C14: from Latin: teacher, from docēre to teach
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Medical definitions for doctor
doctor
[ dŏk′tər ]
n.
A person, especially a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, trained in the healing arts and licensed to practice.
A person who has earned the highest academic degree awarded by a university in a specified discipline.
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Idioms and Phrases with doctor
doctor
see just what the doctor ordered.
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