veterinarian

[vet-er-uh-nair-ee-uhn, ve-truh-]

noun

1. a person who practices veterinary medicine or surgery.

veterinarian

/ ˌvɛtərɪˈnɛərɪən, ˌvɛtrɪ- /

noun

1. Also called: veterinary surgeon. a person suitably qualified and registered to practise veterinary medicine

Word History and Origins

Origin of veterinarian¹

1640–50; < Latin veterīnāri ( us ) veterinary + -an

Example Sentences

Ms Siourtou is a veterinarian herself and has expanded the farm that her father built.

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“My greatest ambition was to be a veterinarian at the Santa Anita racetrack,” he wrote in a notebook.

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“We shall have to pay a call on Dr. Westminster, the Swanburne veterinarian. However, I must be careful not to leave the children unsupervised near the chicken coop.”

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However, she did have a distant recollection of being given a piggyback ride by Dr. Westminster, the Swanburne veterinarian, when she was still a very small girl.

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But she had long ago learned from Dr. Westminster, the Swanburne veterinarian, that some creatures become perfectly miserable when left alone too much, and this misery can easily turn to viciousness.

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