Doctor Definition
dŏktər
doctored, doctoring, doctors
noun
doctors
A teacher or learned man.
Webster's New World
A person licensed to practice any of the healing arts, as an osteopath, dentist, veterinarian, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who holds a doctorate.
Webster's New World
A person who has earned the highest academic degree, usually a PhD, awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.
American Heritage
A physician or surgeon.
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verb
doctored, doctoring, doctors
To try to heal; apply medicine to.
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To undergo medical treatment, take medicine, etc.
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To repair; mend.
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To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.
American Heritage
To make suitable or improve by altering in a certain way.
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Origin of Doctor
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From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“I teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English an expert, authority from Old French docteur from Latin doctor teacher from docēre to teach dek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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