Doctor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name.
The students asked to see Doctor Jones.
Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.
Well, Doctor, what do you think? Will he live?
They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion.
1831 October 15, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Introduction”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], published 31 October 1831, →OCLC, pages ix–x:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Doctor Frankenstein · Doctor Feelgood · Doctor Atkins
Synonyms
Dr (abbreviated forms) · Dr. (abbreviated forms)
Translations (23)
cmn 醫生 /医生 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · fr la docteure (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · ru д-р (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · yue 醫生 /医生 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · ru до́ктор (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · pt doutor (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · ro Doctor (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · ko 박사 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · ja 博士 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · hak 先生 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · de Doktorin (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · cmn 博士 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · de Doktor (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · fi tohtori (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · yue 博士 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · vi tiến sĩ (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · mr डॉक्टर (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · de Dr. (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · eo Doktoro (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · nan-hbl 先生 (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · fr le docteur (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · pl doktor (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name) · fi tri (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name)