doctor meaning
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[ˈdɒktə] [ˈdɑktɚ] [-ɒktə(ɹ)] 
UK US WDoctor
- Doctor or The Doctor may refer to:
EN Doctor 
- NounPLdoctors
- 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 doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, DPT, DC, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
- If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
- 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 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.
- (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
- the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
- the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
- A fish, the friar skate.
- 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 doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, DPT, DC, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
- VerbSGdoctorsPRdoctoringPT, PPdoctored
- (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
- Her children doctored her back to health.
- (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.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Their flesh, doctors thought, was more poriferous and absorbed more fluidity from the food.
- Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
- I was told by the doctor that a gentleman, who is an orchidectomist in my city, had said the only way to relieve the old man was to remove his testicles.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I was not yet in condition, according to the doctors.
- He suddenly whipped out his gun and pointed it at his doctor.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of doctor in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "doctor" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.