doctor

Forms

1.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.
- Does Tom intend to become a doctor?
- The doctor continued to observe the patient's behavior.
- Is your father a doctor?
2.A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
- Does Tom intend to become a doctor?
- The doctor continued to observe the patient's behavior.
- Is your father a doctor?
3.A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
- Does Tom intend to become a doctor?
- The doctor continued to observe the patient's behavior.
- Is your father a doctor?
4.A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
- If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
- By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death / Will seize the doctor too.

1.To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
- We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
- They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
2.To act as a medical doctor to.
- Her children doctored her back to health.
3.To act as a medical doctor.(humorous)
4.To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti

Proto-Italic *dokejō

Proto-Italic *dokeō

Latin doceō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin doctorbor.

Old French doctur