doctor
noun
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
will doctor
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future tenseof doctor.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But this is nothing to other sailors, who at sea will doctor themselves with calomel off Cape Horn, and still remain on duty.
From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville
"Would you advise me to make a will, doctor?" and the white face was turned wistfully to him.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Laura Jean Libbey
“Of course I will, doctor, if I must.”
From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by J. B. Greene
For a trifle, you will doctor and care for your bodies, and yet for your hearts you will take no care.
From Tales of Old Japan by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron Redesdale
"Do you think he will, doctor?" was asked anxiously.
From Ten Nights in a Bar Room by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
