doctor
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
“If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.”
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.
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
Verb 4 meanings
To act as a medical doctor to.
“Her children doctored her back to health.”
To act as a medical doctor.
To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
“They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.”
Etymology
From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”).
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DOCTOR at a glance
DOCTOR has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (D 2 + O 1 + C 3 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,292 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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