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doctor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈdɑktɚ/ (General-American)
(US) audio
/ˈdɒktə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(UK) audio
/ˈdɔktə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈdɒktəɹ/ (Canada)

Etymology

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 Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to 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”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).

Meanings

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. 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
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.
A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
- one of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries. 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 5, verso:
(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
- The use of a disk doctor may be the only way of recovering valuable data following a disk crash. 2010, Ramesh Bangia, Dictionary of Information Technology, page 172:
- the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
- the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
A fish, the friar skate.
(obsolete) A witch doctor.
- [T]he material operation is that the doctor would catch a certain species of lizard under particular circumstances at a particular time. He would croon over it the name of the man while gently rattling his ‘devil bones,’ thus calling up the evil spirit that follows these particular charmed bones. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 177:
(obsolete, slang) A ship's cook.
- […] old Scotch Jem the boatswain, tunes his fiddle, and the doctor, (ship's cook,) produces his tambourine; the men dance on deck, […] 1844, William Robert Wilde, Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean, page 124:
- His galley is small, and, microscopic as it is, it is shared by his brother in misery, the ship's cook, he whom the crew familiarly know as the “Doctor.” 1881, The United Service, volume 5, page 212:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
doctors	Number=Plur		lexicographic
doctour		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (121)

pt doutorada (person who has attained a doctorate) · is læknir (person who has attained a doctorate) · ast doutor (person who has attained a doctorate) · ar دُكْتُور m or دُكْتُورَة (person who has attained a doctorate) · sv doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · nrf docteu (person who has attained a doctorate) · it dottoressa (person who has attained a doctorate) · sw daktari (person who has attained a doctorate) · eo doktoro (person who has attained a doctorate) · th ดอกเตอร์ (person who has attained a doctorate) · da doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · ms dokter (Indonesia incl. Riau) (person who has attained a doctorate) · alt доктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · ba табип (person who has attained a doctorate) · mk докторка (person who has attained a doctorate) · de Doktorin (person who has attained a doctorate) · aii ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪ (person who has attained a doctorate) · bg до́ктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · vi tiến sĩ (person who has attained a doctorate) · pl doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · lmo dutur (person who has attained a doctorate) · uk до́ктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · it dottore (person who has attained a doctorate) · lv doktore (person who has attained a doctorate) · acw دكتور (person who has attained a doctorate) · fr doctoresse (person who has attained a doctorate) · ka დოქტორი (person who has attained a doctorate) · luo dokta (person who has attained a doctorate) · tk doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · id doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · aii ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪܬܵܐ (person who has attained a doctorate) · vec dotor (person who has attained a doctorate) · cmn 博士 (person who has attained a doctorate) · hi डॉक्टर (person who has attained a doctorate) · lv doktors (person who has attained a doctorate) · gv olloo (person who has attained a doctorate) · he דוֹקטוֹר (person who has attained a doctorate) · lt daktarė (person who has attained a doctorate) · es doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) · sl doktorica (person who has attained a doctorate) · ga dochtúir (person who has attained a doctorate) · tr doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · sh dȍktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · sw dokta (person who has attained a doctorate) · nen dokita (person who has attained a doctorate) · ckb دکتۆر (person who has attained a doctorate) · tl doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · mk доктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · af doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · eo virdoktoro doktorino (person who has attained a doctorate) · fr docteure (person who has attained a doctorate) · sms dåhttar (person who has attained a doctorate) · ja 博士 (person who has attained a doctorate) · es doctora (person who has attained a doctorate) · yue 博士 (person who has attained a doctorate) · ks ڈَاکٹر (person who has attained a doctorate) · nl doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) · th ดุษฎีบัณฑิต (person who has attained a doctorate) · vo hidokan (person who has attained a doctorate) · fi tohtori (person who has attained a doctorate) · svs dokta (person who has attained a doctorate) · tg доктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · kk доктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · de Doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · gd ollamh (person who has attained a doctorate) · te డాక్టర్ (person who has attained a doctorate) · io doktorulo (person who has attained a doctorate) · vo dokel (person who has attained a doctorate) · ms doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · bg до́кторка (person who has attained a doctorate) · sh до̏ктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · lt daktaras (person who has attained a doctorate) · fa دکتر (person who has attained a doctorate) · io doktoro (person who has attained a doctorate) · wa docteur (person who has attained a doctorate) · ar طَبِيب m or طَبِيبَة (person who has attained a doctorate) · sh dȍktōrka (person who has attained a doctorate) · pt doutor (person who has attained a doctorate) · sl doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · kk доқтыр (person who has attained a doctorate) · sh до̏кто̄рка (person who has attained a doctorate) · scn dutturi (person who has attained a doctorate) · pt doutorado (person who has attained a doctorate) · el διδάκτορας (person who has attained a doctorate) · be до́ктар (person who has attained a doctorate) · mt dottor (person who has attained a doctorate) · km បណ្ឌិត (person who has attained a doctorate) · ug دوكتور (person who has attained a doctorate) · unm ntaktël (person who has attained a doctorate) · scn dutturissa (person who has attained a doctorate) · hu doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · sh dȍktorica (person who has attained a doctorate) · ro doctor (person who has attained a doctorate) · fr docteuse (person who has attained a doctorate) · te డాక్టరు (person who has attained a doctorate) · uz doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · mr डॉक्टर (person who has attained a doctorate) · pt doutora (person who has attained a doctorate) · gl doutor (person who has attained a doctorate) · mt dottoressa (person who has attained a doctorate) · vo jidokan (person who has attained a doctorate) · io doktorino (person who has attained a doctorate) · fr docteur (person who has attained a doctorate) · ru до́ктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · tl paham (person who has attained a doctorate) · ky доктор (person who has attained a doctorate) · sk doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · is doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · acw دكتورة (person who has attained a doctorate) · cs doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · sh до̏кторица (person who has attained a doctorate) · vo dokan (person who has attained a doctorate) · hy դոկտոր (person who has attained a doctorate) · yi דאָקטאָר (person who has attained a doctorate) · ko 박사 (person who has attained a doctorate) · niu ekekafo (person who has attained a doctorate) · arz دكتور (person who has attained a doctorate) · ks طبِیٖب (person who has attained a doctorate) · ta டாக்டர் (person who has attained a doctorate) · az doktor (person who has attained a doctorate) · ru до́кторша (person who has attained a doctorate)

wikidata: Q39631

doctor en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈdɑktɚ/ (General-American)
(US) audio
/ˈdɒktə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(UK) audio
/ˈdɔktə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈdɒktəɹ/ (Canada)

Etymology

Meanings

(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
- Her children doctored her back to health.
(humorous, intransitive) To act as a medical doctor.
- 2017, "Do No Harm", season 8, episode 2 of Adventure Time Doctor Princess: Put this on. [gives her lab coat to Finn] OK, you're a doctor now. Good luck. Finn: Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! I don't know how to doctor!
(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
- They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
- We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
- Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
(figuratively, transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
- Catherine, the Princess of Wales, apologized on Monday for doctoring a photo of her with her three children, which was recalled by several news agencies on Sunday after they determined the image had been manipulated. 2024 March 11, Mark Landler, Lauren Leatherby, “Princess of Wales Apologizes, Saying She Edited Image”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- That picture – the one that Andrew claimed on BBC’s Newsnight might have been doctored, since he had “no recollection” of then or ever meeting Giuffre at Tramp nightclub in London – will likely serve as both a prequel and postscript of the saga. 2022 February 15, Edward Helmore, “How a picture came to symbolize the Prince Andrew sexual abuse case”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.
(transitive) To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).
- There is no doubt that a few months ago Creake deliberately planned to poison her with some weed-killer. […] The gist of it was that she had the strongest suspicion that Creake doctored a bottle of stout which he expected she would drink for her supper when she was alone. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
(intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
doctors	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
doctoring	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
doctored	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
doctored	Tense=Past		lexicographic
doctour		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Deriveds

misdoctor

surgeon

Translations (45)

it addottorare (award the title of doctor to) · it curare (act as a medical doctor to) · de doktorieren (award the title of doctor to) · rgn adulterêr (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · km មើល (act as a medical doctor to) · it falsificare (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · ro doctori (act as a medical doctor to) · da forfalske (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · ru врачева́ть (act as a medical doctor to) · ro îngriji (act as a medical doctor to) · sv fiffla med (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · chr ᎧᏅᏫᎠ (act as a medical doctor to) · el θεραπεύω (act as a medical doctor to) · ro falsifica (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · it adulterare (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · fi tohtoroida (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · nl valsificeren (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · sv manipulera (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · el αλλοιώνω (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · da doktorere (act as a medical doctor to) · sw daktari (act as a medical doctor to) · es adulterar (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · is afbaka (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · pl fabrykować (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · pt adulterar (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · ru фальсифици́ровать (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · de verarzten (act as a medical doctor to) · ru лечи́ть (act as a medical doctor to) · es doctorar (award the title of doctor to) · nl dokteren (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · el γιατρεύω (act as a medical doctor to) · ro trata (act as a medical doctor to) · ru подде́лать (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · grc ἰατρεύω (act as a medical doctor to) · pl falsyfikować (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · pl fałszować (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · it medicare (act as a medical doctor to) · cmn 篡改 (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · el νοθεύω (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · ru подде́лывать (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · ja 改竄 (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · ru сфальсифици́ровать (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · cs falzifikovat (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · fr falsifier (alter or make obscure, in order to deceive) · bg леку́вам (act as a medical doctor to)

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doctor en · VERB

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