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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

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

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

Well, how far have you travelled in doctorship?

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

If he was neither the one nor the other, indeed, his doctorship would no doubt avail him the less.

From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae

Not one came, moreover, without her little pipkin of pennyroyal, sage, balm, or other herb-tea, delighted at an opportunity of signalizing her kindness and her doctorship.

From Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving

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