general practitioner

noun

a medical practitioner whose practice is not limited to any specific branch of medicine or class of diseases. : G.P.

a physician who does not specialize but has a medical practice ( general practice ) in which he deals with all illnesses Informal namefamily doctor GP

First recorded in 1880–85

As a result, Hector DePena, a small-time general practitioner who had never tried a major case before a jury, represented DeLuna.

We had a guest from the U.K., Sir Brian Jarman, a general practitioner from London.

Where did she get this experience as a general practitioner?

It isn't fair on a general practitioner to take him for a walk and get at his professional secrets.

That was supposed to be bad in a general practitioner, good in a specialist.

What was the good of this man who wasn't a general practitioner?

At that moment there arrived Dr. Wood, a brisk and capable general practitioner from the village.

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