doctor

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdoctor(“an expert, authority on a subject”),doctour,fromAnglo-Normandoctour,fromLatindoctor(“teacher”),fromdoceō(“I teach”).Displaced nativeMiddle Englishlerare(“doctor, teacher”)(fromMiddle Englishleren(“to teach, instruct”)fromOld Englishlǣran, lēran(“to teach, instruct, guide”),compareOld Englishlārēow(“teacher, master”)). DisplacedOld Englishlǣċe(“doctor, physician”),anddoubletofdocent.

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Noun

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doctor(pluraldoctors)

  1. Aphysician;a member of themedicalprofession; 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 areD.O.,DPM,M.D.,DMD,DDS,in theUSorMBBSin theUK.
    If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see yourdoctor.
  2. A person who has attained adoctorate,such as aPh.D.orTh.D.or one of many otherterminal degreesconferred by acollegeoruniversity.
  3. Aveterinarian;a medicalpractitionerwho treats non-humananimals.
  4. Anicknamefora person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
  5. (obsolete)Ateacher;one skilled in aprofessionor a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
    • 1552,Hughe Latymer [i.e.,Hugh Latimer],Augustine Bernher,compiler, “[The First Sermon]”,inCertayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer,[…],London:[…]John Day,[…],published1562,→OCLC,folio 5, verso:
      So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſcholedoctorsand ſuch foolries.
    • 1625,Francis [Bacon],“Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature”, inThe Essayes[…],3rd edition, London:[…]Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret,→OCLC:
      one of thedoctorsof Italy, Nicholas Macciavel
  6. (dated)Anymechanicalcontrivanceintended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in anexigency.
    thedoctorof a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
    thedoctor,or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
    • 2010,Ramesh Bangia,Dictionary of Information Technology,page172:
      The use of a diskdoctormay be the only way of recovering valuable data following a disk crash.
  7. A fish, thefriar skate.
  8. (obsolete,nautical,slang)Aship'scook.
    • 1844,William Robert Wilde,Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean,page124:
      […]old Scotch Jem the boatswain, tunes his fiddle, and thedoctor,(ship's cook,) produces his tambourine; the men dance on deck,[…]
    • 1881,The United Service,volume 5, page212:
      His galley is small, and, microscopic as it is, it is shared by his brother in misery, the ship's cook, he whom the crew familiarly know as the “Doctor.”

Usage notes

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  • Doctoris capitalized when used as a title:
    DoctorSmith
  • In the UK and Commonwealth (except Canada), a surgeon (including a dental or veterinary surgeon) is commonly addressed as Mr./Ms./Mrs. rather than Doctor.

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types of academic doctor
  • Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (D.A.O.M.)
  • Doctor of Arts (D.A.)
  • Doctor of Architecture (D.Arch.)
  • Doctor of Applied Science (D.A.S.)
  • Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
  • Doctor of Chemistry (D.Chem.)
  • Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.)
  • Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)
  • Doctor of Criminal Justice (D.C.J.)
  • Doctor of Comparative/Civil Law (D.C.L.)
  • Doctor of Computer Science (D.C.S.)
  • Doctor of Criminology (D.Crim.)
  • Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.)
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.)
  • Doctor of Design (Dr.DES.)
  • Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
  • Doctor of Environmental Design (D.E.D.)
  • Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.)
  • Doctor of Environment (D.Env.)
  • Doctor of Engineering Science (D.E.Sc./Sc.D.E.)
  • Doctor of Forestry (D.F.)
  • Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)
  • Doctor of Geological Science (D.G.S.)
  • Doctor of Hebrew Literature/Letters (D.H.L.)
  • Doctor of Health and Safety (D.H.S.)
  • Doctor of Hebrew Studies (D.H.S.)
  • Doctor of Industrial Technology (D.I.T.)
  • Doctor of Information Technology (D.I.T.)
  • Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.)
  • Doctor of Library Science (D.L.S.)
  • Doctor of Music (D.M.)
  • Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.,A.Mus.D.)
  • Doctor of Musical Education (D.M.E.)
  • Doctor of Ministry (D.Min./D.M.)
  • Doctor of Modern Languages (D.M.L.)
  • Doctor of Music Ministry (D.M.M.)
  • Doctor of Medical Science (D.M.Sc.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Science (D.N.Sc.)
  • Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.)
  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
  • Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  • Doctor of Physical Education (D.P.E.)
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)
  • Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.M.)
  • Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
  • Doctor of Public Health (D.P.H.)
  • Doctor of Professional Studies (D.P.S.)
  • Doctor of Religious Education (D.R.E.)
  • Doctor of Recreation (D.Rec./D.R.)
  • Doctor of Science (D.Sc./Sc.D.)
  • Doctor of Science in Dentistry (D.Sc.D.)
  • Doctor of Science and Hygiene (D.Sc.H.)
  • Doctor of Science in Veterinary Medicine (D.Sc.V.M.)
  • Doctor of Sacred Music (D.S.M.)
  • Doctor of Social Science (D.S.Sc.)
  • Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.)
  • Doctor of Canon Law (J.C.D.)
  • Doctor of the Science of Law (L.Sc.D.)
  • Doctor of Rehabilitation (Rh.D.)
  • Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.)
  • Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
  • Doctor of Technology (D.Tech.)
  • Doctor of Theology (Th.D.)
  • Doctor of the University (D.Univ)
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Veterinary Medical Doctor (D.V.M./V.M.D)
  • Divinitatis Doctor, Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)
  • Juris Doctor, Doctor of Law (J.D.)
  • Optometry Doctor, Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
  • Legum Doctor, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)
  • Literarum Doctor, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
  • Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Medicine (M.D./D.M.)
  • Music Doctor, Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)

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Verb

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doctor(third-person singular simple presentdoctors,present participledoctoring,simple past and past participledoctored)

  1. (transitive)To act as a medicaldoctorto.
    Her childrendoctoredher back to health.
  2. (intransitive,humorous)To act as a medicaldoctor.
    • 2017,"Do No Harm", season 8, episode 2 ofAdventure Time
      Doctor Princess: Put this on. [gives her lab coat to Finn] OK, you're a doctor now. Good luck.
      Finn: Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! I don't know how todoctor!
  3. (transitive)To make (someone) into an (academic)doctor;toconferadoctorateupon.
  4. (transitive)Tophysicallyalter(medicallyorsurgically) a living being in order to changegrowthorbehavior.
    Theydoctoredtheir apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
    We may legallydoctora pet to reduce its libido.
  5. (transitive)Togeneticallyalteranextantspecies.
    Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may bedoctored.
  6. (transitive)Toalteror makeobscure,as with the intention todeceive,especially adocument.
    Todoctorthe signature of aninstrumentwith intent to defraud is an example offorgery.
    • 2024March 11, Mark Landler, Lauren Leatherby, “Princess of Wales Apologizes, Saying She Edited Image”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
      Catherine, the Princess of Wales, apologized on Monday fordoctoringa photo of her with her three children, which was recalled by several news agencies on Sunday after they determined the image had been manipulated.
  7. (transitive)Toadulterate,drug,orpoison(drink).
  8. (intransitive,obsolete)To takemedicine.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromSpanishdoctor,compare nativedoutor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/doɡˈtoɾ/,[d̪oɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]

Noun

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doctorm(pluraldoctores)

  1. Alternative form ofdoutor

Catalan

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BorrowedfromLatindoctōrem.

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doctorm(pluraldoctors,femininedoctora)

  1. doctor
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Dutch

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FromMiddle Dutchdoctor,fromLatindoctor(“teacher, instructor”).

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doctorm(pluraldoctorenordoctors,diminutivedoctortjen)

  1. doctor(person who has attained adoctorate)

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Latin

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FWOTD – 23 November 2013

Etymology

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Fromdoceō(“I teach”)+‎-tor.

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doctorm(genitivedoctōris,femininedoctrīxordoctorissa);third declension

  1. teacher,instructor
    • c.99BCE– 55BCE,Lucretius,De rerum natura5.1310–1312:
      […]et validos partim prae se misere leones
      cumdoctoribusarmatis saevisque magistris
      qui moderarier his possent vinclisque tenere,
      […]and some let out before them strong lions,
      with armedtrainersand fierce masters
      to manage them and hold them in restraints,
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin)catechist,Doctor of the Church

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Third-declensionnoun.

singular plural
nominative doctor doctōrēs
genitive doctōris doctōrum
dative doctōrī doctōribus
accusative doctōrem doctōrēs
ablative doctōre doctōribus
vocative doctor doctōrēs

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References

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  • “doctor”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “doctor”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
  • doctorin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • doctorinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
  • doctorinRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2],pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

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Borrowed fromLatindoctor(17th c.), viaFrenchdocteurorGermanDoktor.

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doctorm(pluraldoctori,feminine equivalentdoctorițăor(nonstandard)doctoră)

  1. doctor

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Declension ofdoctor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un)doctor doctorul (niște)doctori doctorii
genitive/dative (unui)doctor doctorului (unor)doctori doctorilor
vocative doctorule doctorilor

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Spanish

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BorrowedfromLatindoctor.

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doctorm(pluraldoctores,femininedoctora,feminine pluraldoctoras)

  1. doctor(Ph.D.)
  2. physician
    Synonym:médico
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