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English

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Pronunciation

  • (UK): IPA: /ˈdɒktə/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-doctor.ogg


Etymology

From docere "to teach, to cause to accept," from the root *dek- "(cause to) accept", other derivatives of which, and that preserve the IE. root and meaning, include dogma (via ) and discipline (via ). Other English language words descended from L. docere include document, doctrine and docent.

Noun

  1. A physician; a member of the medicine|medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD in the US.
  2. : If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go and see your doctor.
  3. 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.
  4. A veterinarian; a member of the medicine|medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick.


Usage notes

  • Doctor is capitalized when used as a title:
  • : Doctor Smith


Synonyms


Derived terms

See also Types of academic doctor below

Related terms


Translations

  • Akan: dɔkota
  • Arabic: ,
  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܐܣܝܐ (asyā, asyo)
  • : Hebrew: אסיא (asyā, asyo)
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доктор|m|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Chinese: 醫生, 医生 (yīshēng), 大夫 (dàifū)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|doktor|m}}, {{t-|cs|lékař|m}}
  • Danish: læge, doktor
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|dokter|m|f}}, {{t+|nl|arts|m|f}}
  • Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kuracisto|m|f|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Ewe: ɖɔkta, atikewɔla
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|médecin|m}}, {{t+|fr|docteur|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Arzt|m}}, {{t+|de|Ärztin|f}}, {{t+|de|Mediziner|m}}, {{t+|de|Doktor|m}}, {{t-|de|Doktorin|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ιατρός|c|tr=iatrós|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|γιατρός|c|tr=ghiatrós|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: רופא (rofe) , רופאה (rof'a) ; דוקטור (doqt'or) (colloquial, while addressing doctor)
  • Hungarian: {{t+|hu|orvos|m}}, {{t+|hu|doktor|m}}, {{t|hu|orvosnő|f}}, {{t|hu|doktornő|f}}
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|læknir|m}}, {{t-|is|doktor|m}}
  • Italian: medico , dottore , dottoressa , Dottor (alternative form used before a name)
  • Kurdish:
  • Maltese: {{t-|mt|dottor|m|xs=Maltese}}, {{t-|mt|dottoressa|f|xs=Maltese}}
  • Novial: doktore
  • Portuguese: doutor , doutora
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|доктор|m|f|tr=doktor|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: ollamh
  • Slovak: {{t-|sk|doktor|m}}
  • Slovene: {{t-|sl|doktor|m}}, {{t-|sl|doktorica|f}}
  • Swedish:
  • Turkish:
  • Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|доктор|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tiến sĩ|xs=Vietnamese}}

Related terms

;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.)

Verb

  1. To act as a (medical) doctor to.
  2. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.
  3. To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Italian: ,
  • Italian: ,

See also


Category:Occupations

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Romanian

Etymology

doctor, docteur or Doktor

Pronunciation

IPA: [ 'dok.tor ]

Noun

{{ro-noun|gend=m|pl=doctori|f=doctoră}}

  1. #English|doctor


Declension

Related terms


See also


Category:ro:Occupations

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Spanish

Noun

  1. #English|doctor


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
[1913 Webster]

Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.

Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.

Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.

Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.

Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.

Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English doctor \doc"tor\, n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere
to teach. See Docile.]
1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of
knowledge; a learned man. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. --
Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

2. An academical title, originally meaning a man so well
versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it.
Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a
university or college, or has received a diploma of the
highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of
medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may
confer an honorary title only.
[1913 Webster]

3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the
medical profession; a physician.
[1913 Webster]

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too. -- Shak.
[1913 Webster]

4. Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty
or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a
calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove
superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary
engine, called also donkey engine.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Zool.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]

Doctors' Commons. See under Commons.

Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot.

Doctor fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus;
the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike
spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish.
See Surgeon fish.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored; p. pr. & vb.
n. Doctoring.]
1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to
repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
[Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]

2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
[1913 Webster]

3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to
doctor whisky. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i.
To practice physic. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dr \Dr.\ n.
abbreviation for doctor, a title accorded to a person who
holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such
as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree. [abbrev.]

Syn: doctor.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. a licensed doctor of medicine.

Syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, medico.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet doctor
n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
see my doctor" [syn: doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico]
2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who
distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their
theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly
influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
[syn: Doctor of the Church]
3: children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and
pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children
explored each other's bodies by playing the game of
doctor"
4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic
institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
[syn: Dr.]
v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
"Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: sophisticate,
doctor up]
2: give medical treatment to
3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, {furbish
up}, restore, touch on] [ant: break]
Moby Dictionary
Doctor of Medicine , GP , MD , Md , abecedarian , abet , adulterate , aid ,
allopath , allopathist , alter , assist , attend , attending physician ,
authority , avail , baccalaureate , baccalaureus , bachelor , bail out ,
bandage , bastardize , bathe , bear a hand , befriend , benefit , bones ,
care for , certified teacher , change , cobble , cobbler , comfort ,
commission , condition , contaminate , cook , coroner , corrupt ,
country doctor , croaker , cure , cut , darn , debase , degree ,
denaturalize , denature , diagnose , dilute , disguise , do good , do up ,
doc , docent , doctor up , doctorate , dominie , don , drug , ease ,
educationist , educator , elder , elder statesman , fake , falsify ,
family doctor , favor , fellow , fix , fix up , fixer , flux , fortify ,
general practitioner , give a boost , give a hand , give a lift ,
give care to , give help , great soul , guide , guru , heal , help ,
house physician , illuminate , instructor , intellect , intellectual ,
intern , juggle , lace , leech , lend a hand , lend one aid ,
little Miss Fixit , load , lover of wisdom , maestro , mahatma ,
maintenance man , man of intellect , man of wisdom , mandarin ,
manipulate , massage , master , mastermind , mechanic , mechanician ,
medic , medical , medical attendant , medical examiner , medical man ,
medical practitioner , medicate , medico , melamed , mend , mender ,
mentor , minister to , modify , mullah , nurse , operate on , oracle ,
overhaul , pack , pandit , patch , patch up , pedagogist , pedagogue ,
philosopher , physic , physician , physician in ordinary , plant ,
plaster , poison , pollute , poultice , preceptor , professor ,
proffer aid , protect , pundit , purge , put in commission ,
put in order , put in repair , put in shape , rabbi , rally , ready ,
rebuild , recap , reclaim , recondition , reconstruct , redeem , relieve ,
remedy , render assistance , renovator , repair , repairer , repairman ,
rescue , resident , resident physician , restore , restorer ,
resuscitate , retouch , retread , revamp , revive , rig , rishi , rub ,
sage , salt , sapient , savant , save , sawbones , scholar , schoolkeeper ,
schoolmaster , schoolteacher , seer , service , serviceman ,
set to rights , set up , sew up , sophisticate , spike , splint , stack ,
starets , strap , succor , take in tow , take medicine , take the cure ,
tamper with , teacher , thinker , tinker , tinker up , treat ,
trouble man , troubleshooter , undergo treatment , water , water down ,
weight , wise man , wise old man


Doctor (Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions. They assumed the office without any appointment to it. The doctors of the law were principally of the sect of the Pharisees. Schools were established after the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in which academical degrees were conferred on those who passed a certain examination. Those of the school of Tiberias were called by the title "rabbi," and those of Babylon by that of "master."
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