doctor

(dŏk'tər)
n.

1. A person, especially a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, trained in the healing arts and licensed to practice.
2. 1. A person who has earned the highest academic degree awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.
   2. A person awarded an honorary degree by a college or university.
3. (Abbr. Dr.) Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor.
4. Roman Catholic Church. An eminent theologian.
5. A practitioner of folk medicine or folk magic.
6. A rig or device contrived for remedying an emergency situation or for doing a special task.
7. Any of several brightly colored artificial flies used in fly fishing.

v. Informal, -tored, -tor·ing, -tors.

v.tr.

1. Informal. To give medical treatment to: "[He] does more than practice medicine. He doctors people. There's a difference" (Charles Kuralt).
2. To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.
3. 1. To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself: doctored the evidence.
   2. To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of: doctor the soup with a dash of sherry. See synonyms at adulterate.
   3. To alter or modify for a specific end: doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.
   4. Baseball. To deface or apply a substance to (the ball): was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.

v.intr. Informal
To practice medicine.

[Middle English, an expert, authority, from Old French docteur, from Latin doctor, teacher, from docēre, to teach.]

doctoral doc'tor·al adj.
doctorly doc'tor·ly adj.

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verb

1. To give medical aid to: treat. See health/sickness, help/harm/harmless.
2. To restore to proper condition or functioning: fix, fix up, mend, overhaul, patch, repair¹, revamp, right. Idioms: set right. See help/harm/harmless.
3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration: fabricate, fake, falsify, fictionalize, fictionize. See true/false.
4. To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances: adulterate, debase, load, sophisticate. See clean/dirty.

n

Definition: medical practitioner
Antonyms: patient

v

Definition: adulterate, pervert
Antonyms: clean, purify

v

Definition: fix up, treat
Antonyms: harm, hurt, injure

A reviving tropical wind; the harmattan brings relief from humidity in West Africa, and the name is also given to the cool sea breezes of the Caribbean, South Africa, and Australia.

Doctors of the medieval Church were theologians of outstanding merit and saintliness. The original four were Gregory the Great, Ambrose, Augustine, and Jerome. In scholastic times outstanding teachers were also given doctoral epithets. Aquinas is the angelic doctor, Bonaventura the seraphic doctor, Roger Bacon the marvellous doctor, Duns Scotus the subtle doctor, Albert the Great the universal doctor, Bernard the mellifluous doctor.

[DAHK-tohr] A world-famous einzellage located on the steep hills above the town of bernkastel in Germany's mosel-saar-ruwer region. According to the German laws established in 1971, the minimum size of an Einzellage is 5 hectares (12.35 acres) and Bernkasteler Doctor, at about 8 acres, is only one of two vineyards that are given special dispensation. The grapes from this steep vineyard are normally riper than others in this renowned area and possess a slate flavor that's exhibited in the superb wines.

A commissioned officer in the Navy with a degree in medicine, dentistry, pshchology or other allied profession, usually referred to by their military rank.

sign description: The fingers of the right hand touch the inside of the wrist of the left hand.

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Doctors symbolize healing or the desire for healing, either physically or psychologically. They also represent authority, even the higher self. To someone attuned to alternative medicine, a traditional doctor may also represent mainstream orthodoxy as opposed to natural healing.

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noun
noun, nautical

1: A ship's cook; US and Austral a cook in a camp. (1821 —) .
R. S. Close Hey doctor! What about something to eat? (1945).

2: to go for the doctor Austral To make an all-out effort. (1949 —) .
D. Stivens There were three of the bastards and they went for the doctor. But I had time to get on my guard (1951).

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1. a practitioner of the healing arts, as one graduated from a college of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry or veterinary medicine and licensed to practice.
2. a holder of a diploma of the highest degree from a university, qualified as a specialist in a particular field of learning.

n

A learned person; one qualified in a science or art; one who has received the highest academic degree in a particular field.

For a list of words related to doctor, see:

• Practitioners, Patients, and Facilities - doctor: physician
• Occupations and Job Titles
• Fishing Equipment and Tackle - doctor: type of artificial fly, often silver
• Drinking Terms - doctor: (vb) alter or dilute composition of drink
• Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - doctor: (vb) tamper with or falsify, as a document

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See words rhyming with "doctorly."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - doktor, læge, dyrlæge, tandlæge, lærd, reparatør, skibskok
v. tr. - behandle, kurere, kastrere, flikke sammen, reparere, manipulere med, give en doktorgrad, forfalske
v. intr. - praktisere

idioms:

• doctor's orders    efter lægens forskrift

Nederlands (Dutch)
dokter, doctor, reparateur, kunstvlieg, leraar, knoeien met, dokteren, behandelen, helpen, oplappen

Français (French)
n. - médecin, docteur
v. tr. - soigner, (GB) châtrer (un animal), rafistoler (péj), frelater (du vin), altérer (de la nourriture), arranger, tripatouiller (un document), falsifier (des chiffres)
v. intr. - exercer la médecine, prendre un médicament, recevoir un traitement médical (arch)

idioms:

• doctor's orders    recommendations/demandes du médecin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Arzt, Doktor
v. - behandeln, zusammenflicken, (ver)fälschen, (auf)frisieren

idioms:

• doctor's orders    ärztliche Verordnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γιατρός, δόκτορας, διδάκτωρ
v. - γιατρεύω, (καθομ.) νοθεύω, παραποιώ

idioms:

• doctor's orders    εντολές/συστάσεις του γιατρού

Italiano (Italian)
adulterare, medico, dottore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - doutor (m)
v. - doutorar, medicar

Русский (Russian)
лечить, чинить, подделывать, доктор (наук), врач

Español (Spanish)
n. - médico, facultativo, doctor
v. tr. - adulterar, embrollar, falsificar, doctorarse, reparar
v. intr. - embrollar, practicar la medicina

idioms:

• doctor's orders    prescripción médica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - doktor, vard. skeppskock
v. - praktisera som läkare, sköta om, kurera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
医生, 学者, 博士, 授以博士学位, 修改, 诊断, 行医

idioms:

• doctor's orders    医生的命令

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 醫生, 學者, 博士
v. tr. - 授以博士學位, 修改, 診斷
v. intr. - 行醫

idioms:

• doctor's orders    醫生的命令

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 박사, 의사, 주술사, 학자, 요리사
v. tr. - 치료하다, 수리하다, 만지다, 거세하다
v. intr. - (의사가) 개업하다, 약을 복용하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 医者, 医師, …先生, 博士, 修理屋, 先生
v. - 治療する, 手を加える, 混ぜ物をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الدكتور, الطبيب, حامل درجه الدكتوراة في تخصص ما (فعل) يزيف شئ, يضيف مادة مؤذيه في طعام أو شراب, يعالج حيوان بحيث يمتنع عن الانجاب, يمارس, مهنه الطب, يصلح, يطبب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רופא, דוקטור, איש-תיקונים (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮זייף, תיקן, טיפל ב-, סירס‬
v. intr. - ‮עסק ברפואה‬

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