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doctorate

[dok-ter-it] Origin

doc·tor·ate

[dok-ter-it]
noun
2.
doctor's degree (defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1670–80; < Medieval Latin doctorātus degree of doctor. See doctor, -ate3

pre·doc·tor·ate, noun
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Doctorate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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doctorate (ˈdɒktərɪt, -trɪt)
 
n
Also called: doctor's degree the highest academic degree in any field of knowledge

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doctorate
"degree of a doctor," 1670s, from doctor + -ate (1).
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