doctor
/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/
A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK; A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university
- plural
- doctors
Meanings
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A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK
My child needs a doctor.
Tatoeba · tokzyk · CC BY 2.0 FR
I, too, am a doctor.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
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A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university
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A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals
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A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactionsrare
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A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned manrare
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Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigencyrare
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A fish, the friar skaterare
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A witch doctorrare
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A ship's cookrare