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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

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

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 Anthony Trollope

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 The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Julian Hawthorne

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

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