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doctor (mass) | doctor
- lekár, doktor |
doctor (encz) | doctor,doktor |
doctor (encz) | doctor,doktorka |
doctor (encz) | doctor,lékař |
doctor (encz) | doctor,lékařka |
doctor (gcide) | Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr.
L. frater brother. See Brother.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,
but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:
(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. {(b)
Augustines}. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. {(d) White
Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.
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2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
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3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
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Friar bird (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --
called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; {poor
soldier}, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds
and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,
styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of
benzoin. --Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.
--Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate
(Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, {border
ray}, scad, and doctor.
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doctor (gcide) | doctor \doc"tor\, n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere
to teach. See Docile.]
1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of
knowledge; a learned man. [Obs.]
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One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. --
Bacon.
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2. An academical title, originally meaning a man 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.
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3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the
medical profession; a physician.
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By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too. -- Shak.
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4. 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.
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5. (Zool.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.]
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Doctors' Commons. See under Commons.
Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot.
Doctor fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus;
the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike
spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish.
See Surgeon fish.
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Doctor (gcide) | Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored; p. pr. & vb.
n. Doctoring.]
1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to
repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
[Colloq.]
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2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
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3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to
doctor whisky. [Slang]
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Doctor (gcide) | Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i.
To practice physic. [Colloq.]
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doctor (gcide) | Dr \Dr.\ n.
abbreviation for doctor, a title accorded to a person who
holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such
as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree. [abbrev.]
Syn: doctor.
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2. a licensed doctor of medicine.
Syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, medico.
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doctor (wn) | doctor
n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD,
Dr., medico]
2: (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"
[syn: Doctor of the Church, Doctor]
3: 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: a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an
academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in
physics" [syn: doctor, Dr.]
v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
"Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn:
sophisticate, doctor, doctor up]
2: give medical treatment to
3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust] |
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