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veterinary surgeon

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
  2. a veterinarian who practices surgery.


veterinary surgeon

noun

  1. a person suitably qualified and registered to practise veterinary medicine Usual US and Canadian termveterinarian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of veterinary surgeon1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

One of the Ipswich characters of my boyhood, of whom Mr. Glyde has preserved an anecdote, was old Tuxford, the veterinary surgeon.

Was it invented by some fanciful traveller-horseman hindered on his way to Rome or Athens, by a saddler or a veterinary surgeon?

I sent him to a veterinary surgeon, and curiously enough he made no protest while having the broken teeth repaired or extracted.

The terrier knew the secret, but he had been put out of action and sent off, post haste, to the nearest veterinary surgeon.

William Caldwell is well remembered as a veterinary surgeon.

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