Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for doctorship. Search instead for idol worshiper.

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.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

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 Rae, John

Bayle was not aware that Locke had been denied in 1666 his doctorship by the hostile Oxford authorities.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles

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 Hawthorne, Julian

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 Irving, Washington

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training