doctor's degree
Americannoun
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a degree awarded to a graduate of a school of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science.
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“It is unbelievable that a person who has a doctor’s degree in law has not read the bill through,” said Robert Kropiwnicki of the opposition Civic Coalition.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
My husband has a master’s and doctor’s degree in business administration, so in theory, has the tools to run a business.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2022
Forthright and articulate about art, reticent about himself, Russian-born Painter Marc Chagall, 72, long a French resident, arrives in the U.S. to get an honorary doctor's degree next week at Brandeis University.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a dim-witted love of titles, once sent a letter to the University of Pennsylvania offering it the dedication of his Fourth Symphony in return for a doctor's degree.
From Time Magazine Archive
After attending the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Berlin, he went, in 1849, to Bonn University as a student of the Romance languages, and in 1852 took his doctor’s degree.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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