Definitions for doctor
ˈdɒk tərdoc·tor

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., mediconoun

   a licensed medical practitioner

   "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

2. Doctor of the Church, Doctornoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

   "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"

3. doctornoun

   children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office

   "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"

4. doctor, Dr.verb

   a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

   "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"

5. sophisticate, doctor, doctor upverb

   alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

   "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

6. doctorverb

   give medical treatment to

7. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. doctornoun

   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.

2. doctornoun

   A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, DDS, DPT, DC, in the US or MBBS in the UK.

   If you still feel unwell tomorrow, go see your doctor.

3. doctornoun

   A veterinarian; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick.

4. doctornoun

   A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

5. doctorverb

   To act as a medical doctor to.

   Her children doctored her back to health.

6. doctorverb

   To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor.

7. doctorverb

   To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

8. doctorverb

   To genetically alter an extant species.

   Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

9. doctorverb

   To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

   To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

10. Doctornoun

    The title of a doctor (whether medical or academic) used before the doctor's name. Abbreviation: Dr, Dr.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Doctornoun

   a teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

2. Doctornoun

   an academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

3. Doctornoun

   one duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

4. Doctornoun

   any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

5. Doctornoun

   the friar skate

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

6. Doctorverb

   to treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

7. Doctorverb

   to confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

8. Doctorverb

   to tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

9. Doctorverb

   to practice physic

   Etymology: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Doctor

   The Doctor, an Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I, is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Voyager, played by actor Robert Picardo. The character also appeared in the now-closed Star Trek: The Experience Borg 4-D Adventure at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Doctor

   dok′tur, n. one who has received from a university the highest degree in a faculty: a physician: a medical practitioner: a cleric especially skilled in theology or ecclesiastical law.—v.t. to treat as a doctor does: to adulterate: to make alterations on: to falsify: to address as doctor: to create a doctor.—v.i. to take physic: to practise medicine.—adj. Doc′toral.—ns. Doc′torate, Doc′torship; Doc′toress, Doc′tress, a female physician.—Doctors' Commons, before the establishment of the Divorce Court and Probate Court in 1857, the college of the doctors of civil law in London, incorporated by royal charter in 1768; Doctor's stuff, medicine. [L., 'a teacher'—docere, to teach.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Doctor

   a title implying that the possessor of it is such a master of his art that he can teach it as well as practise it.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. doctor

   1. A person who has taken seriously the biblical injunction, "Physician, heel thyself!" 2. In Germany, a swashbuckler person with many scars, much admired by small boys and unhappily married ladies, and feared by shopkeepers.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. doctor

   A name which seamen apply to every medical officer. Also, a jocular name for the ship's cook.

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1. doctor

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Doctor

   There are three kinds of Doctors--of Law, Physic, and Divinity. The first and the last are essentially University degrees, with which the vulgar orders of the people have little or no acquaintance. They know only of one “Doctor,” the medical practitioner, and since he wears a frock coat and a silk hat he is entitled to all the respect that they can pay him.

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic Church
   • Adulterate
   • Child's Play
   • Improve
   • Medicine
   • Theologian
   • Treat

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doctor' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1018

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doctor' in Written Corpus Frequency: #782

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'doctor' in Nouns Frequency: #269

How to pronounce doctor?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of doctor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of doctor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of doctor in a Sentence

1. Natalia Uglow:

   I was very furious with those teachers who neglected Ana’s request to see a doctor on Tuesday morning and after she had been sick overnight. Nothing was done to save her life.

2. Fred Blankenship:

   My doctor told me the fact that I got the vaccination and stayed in relatively good shape kept me out of the hospital. It's been a big reminder that health is the true wealth.

3. Ray Ogleby:

   He [could] hardly walk on Saturday and on Sunday [his leg] started to turn black, there’s no doctor service in Birchip on Saturday and Sunday so he waited until Monday.

4. Estela Meléndez:

   The doctor said I had a tumor and that they needed to operate on me.

5. Zev Wainberg:

   Based on this data, if you're a minority and you develop recent-onset diabetes, you should talk to your doctor about the implications of that for developing cancer, especially if you have any symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

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