doctor

Etymology
From, , from , from , from. Displaced native 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬, compare 🇨🇬). Displaced 🇨🇬, and.

Noun

 * 1) 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 D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
 * If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
 * 3)  a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
 * 4)  A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
 * 5)  Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
 * the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
 * the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
 * 1) A fish, the friar skate.
 * 2)  A ship's cook.
 * the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
 * 1) A fish, the friar skate.
 * 2)  A ship's cook.
 * 1)  A ship's cook.

Usage notes

 * Doctor is capitalized when used as a title:
 * Doctor Smith
 * 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.

Synonyms

 * , family doctor, general practitioner, GP, medic, physician, sawbones , surgeon (who undertakes surgery); see also Thesaurus:physician

Derived terms
See also Types of academic doctor below

Related terms



 * 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.)

Translations

 * Afrikaans: doktor
 * Arabic: دُكْتُور
 * Egyptian Arabic: دكتور
 * Hijazi Arabic: دكتور, دكتورة
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪ, ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪܬܵܐ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: табип
 * Belarusian: до́ктар
 * Bulgarian:, до́кторка
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: doktor
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: doktoro, virdoktoro doktorino
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: doutor
 * Georgian: დოქტორი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: डॉक्टर
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kashmiri: طبِیٖب/ڈَاکٹر
 * Central Kurdish: دکتۆر
 * Kazakh: доктор, доқтыр
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: doktors, doktore
 * Lithuanian:, daktarė
 * Lombard: dutur
 * Luo: dokta
 * Macedonian: доктор, докторка
 * Malay:  ,
 * Maltese: dottor, dottoressa
 * Manx: olloo
 * Norman: docteu
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , , doutorada
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ollamh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: до̏ктор, до̏кторица, до̏кто̄рка
 * Roman:, , dȍktōrka
 * Sicilian:, dutturissa
 * Skolt Sami: dåhttar
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: doktor, doktorica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:, dokta
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: paham
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: ดอกเตอร์, ดุษฎีบัณฑิต
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: doktor
 * Ukrainian:
 * Unami: ntaktël
 * Uyghur: دوكتور
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: dotor
 * Vietnamese: (進士)
 * Volapük:, hidokan , jidokan , dokel,
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: דאָקטאָר


 * Sardinian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a medical doctor to.
 * 2)  To act as a medical doctor.
 * 3) * 2017, "Do No Harm", season 8, episode 2 of 
 * 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 to doctor!
 * 1)  To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
 * 2)  To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
 * 3)  To genetically alter an extant species.
 * 4)  To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
 * 5)  To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
 * 6)  To take medicine.
 * 1)  To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
 * 2)  To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
 * 3)  To take medicine.
 * 1)  To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
 * 2)  To take medicine.
 * 1)  To take medicine.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎧᏅᏫᎠ
 * Danish: doktorere
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἰατρεύω
 * Italian: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:


 * German: doktorieren
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forfalske
 * Dutch:, valsificeren
 * Finnish: tohtoroida
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol: adulterêr
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fiffla med,

Noun

 * 1)  person who has attained a doctorate

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  (person who has attained a doctorate)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) teacher, instructor
 * 2)  catechist, Doctor of the Church
 * 1)  catechist, Doctor of the Church

Descendants

 * Italo-Dalmatian
 * Italo-Dalmatian
 * Italo-Dalmatian


 * Borrowed terms



Etymology
Borrowed from (17th c.), via  or.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) physician
 * 1) physician