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dentist

[ den-tist ]

noun

  1. a person whose profession is dentistry.


dentist

/ ˈdɛntɪst /

noun

  1. a person qualified to practise dentistry


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dentist1

1750–60; < French dentiste, equivalent to dent tooth ( dent 2 ) + -iste -ist

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dentist1

C18: from French dentiste, from dent tooth

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Example Sentences

And it goes beyond getting my teeth drilled at the dentist office—my dentist really likes classical music.

And they saw him in his 60s, still making an audience howl with the “Dentist” number.

A New York alderman once said Petrosino “knocked out more teeth than a dentist.”

On second thought, maybe I will contact that cosmetic dentist.

My father is 87 and he writes speeches in the dentist chair.

A dentist's bill for repairing one's teeth has been disputed, the law, though, generally favors the preservation of human teeth.

This gentleman is a surgeon-dentist by profession, educated at Oberlin College, making his home in Columbus.

He arrived one day towards spring, when it chanced that Corydon was in town visiting the dentist.

Tell Blanche I am sorry for her troubles with her teeth: I am trying to see a dentist myself.

I hid in a building, and when they got off the line of the road I resumed my ride on to my dentist.

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