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noun
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a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
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a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree: He is a Doctor of Philosophy.
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Older Slang. a cook, as at a camp or on a ship.
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EXPANDMachinery. any of various minor mechanical devices, especially one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process.
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Angling. any of several artificial flies, especially the silver doctor.
7.
COLLAPSEan eminent scholar and teacher.
verb (used with object)
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to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to: He feels he can doctor himself for just a common cold.
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to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to: He doctored his cold at home.
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to restore to original or working condition; repair; mend: She was able to doctor the chipped vase with a little plastic cement.
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to tamper with; falsify: He doctored the birthdate on his passport.
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EXPANDto add a foreign substance to; adulterate: Someone had doctored the drink.
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Doctored
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verb (used without object)
15.
to practice medicine.
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Older Use. to take medicine; receive medical treatment.
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Metallurgy. (of an article being electroplated) to receive plating unevenly.
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Word Origin & History
doctor
c.1300, "Church father," from O.Fr. doctour, from M.L. doctor "religious teacher, adviser, scholar," from L. doctor "teacher," from doct- stem of docere "to show, teach," originally "make to appear right," causative of decere "be seemly, fitting" (see decent). Meaning of
EXPAND "holder of highest degree in university" is first found late 14c.; as is that of "medical professional," though this was not common till late 16c. Verb sense of "alter, disguise, falsify" is first recorded 1774. Related: Doctored; doctoring.
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doctor doc·tor (dŏk'tər)
n.
A person, especially a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, trained in the healing arts and licensed to practice.
A person who has earned the highest academic degree awarded by a university in a specified discipline.
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