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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Doctor
     (Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors
     taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find
     an audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them
     questions. They assumed the office without any appointment to
     it. The doctors of the law were principally of the sect of the
     Pharisees. Schools were established after the destruction of
     Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in which academical degrees
     were conferred on those who passed a certain examination. Those
     of the school of Tiberias were called by the title "rabbi," and
     those of Babylon by that of "master."

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Friar bird (Zo["o]l.), 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" rel="nofollow">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 (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
        skate ({Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate,
        border ray, scad, and doctor.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i.
     To practice physic. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. --
                                                    Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the
        medical profession; a physician.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
              Will seize the doctor too.            -- Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Doctors' Commons. See under Commons.
  
     Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot.
  
     Doctor fish (Zo["o]l.), 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
        falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to
        doctor whisky. [Slang]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a licensed doctor of medicine.
  
     Syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, medico.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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 learned man. [Obs.]
  
              One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. --
                                                    Bacon.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the
        medical profession; a physician.
  
              By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will
              seize the doctor too.                 -- Shak.
  
     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.
  
     5. (Zo["o]l.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Doctors' Commons. See under Commons.
  
     Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot.
  
     Doctor fish (Zo["o]l.), 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.]
  
     2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
  
     3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to
        falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to
        doctor whisky. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i.
     To practice physic. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides.
  
     Friar bird (Zo["o]l.), 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" rel="nofollow">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 (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed
        skate ({Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate,
        border ray, scad, and doctor.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  doctor
       n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
            see my doctor" [syn: doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico]
       2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who
          distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their
          theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly
          influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
          [syn: Doctor of the Church]
       3: children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and
          pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children
          explored each other's bodies by playing the game of
          doctor"
       4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic
          institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
          [syn: Dr.]
       v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
            "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: sophisticate,
             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, furbish
          up, restore, touch on] [ant: break]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     Ρουμανικά n.
     ο γιατρός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     Catalan n.
     (l en doctor)
     Dutch n.
     (l en doctor) (person who has attained a doctorate)
     n.
     1 A physician; a member of the medicine 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
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%20Doctor%20of%20Osteopathic%20Medicine,
  DPM, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20of%20Medicine, DMD, DDS, in
  the US or MBBS in the UK. <!--Encyclopedic info: In the UK the
  qualifying exam is a first degree and the letters are MBBS or MBChB.
  (Usually refers to a general practitioner, as others are referred to by
  their specialty.)-->
     2 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.
     3 A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human
  animals.
     4 (non-gloss definition: A nickname for) a person who has special
  knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
     5 (lb en obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch
  of knowledge; a learned man.
     6 (lb en dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a
  difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
     7 A fish, the friar skate.
     8 (lb en obsolete nautical slang) A ship's cook.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To act as a medical #Noun to.
     2 (lb en intransitive humorous) To act as a medical #Noun.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) #Noun; to
  confer a doctorate upon.
     4 (lb en transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a
  living being in order to change growth or behavior.
     5 (lb en transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
     6 (lb en transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention
  to deceive, especially a document.
     7 (lb en transitive) To adulterate, drug(,) or poison (drink).
     8 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To take medicine.
     Spanish n.
     1 (l en doctor) (Ph.D.)
     2 physician

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Doctor
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The title of an academic or medical doctor (a
  person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's
  name.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     n.
     1 A physician; a member of the medicine 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
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%20Doctor%20of%20Osteopathic%20Medicine,
  DPM, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20of%20Medicine, DMD, DDS, in
  the US or MBBS in the UK. <!--Encyclopedic info: In the UK the
  qualifying exam is a first degree and the letters are MBBS or MBChB.
  (Usually refers to a general practitioner, as others are referred to by
  their specialty.)-->
     2 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.
     3 A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human
  animals.
     4 (non-gloss definition: A nickname for) a person who has special
  knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
     5 (lb en obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch
  of knowledge; a learned man.
     6 (lb en dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a
  difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
     7 A fish, the friar skate.
     8 (lb en obsolete nautical slang) A ship's cook.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To act as a medical #Noun to.
     2 (lb en intransitive humorous) To act as a medical #Noun.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) #Noun; to
  confer a doctorate upon.
     4 (lb en transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a
  living being in order to change growth or behavior.
     5 (lb en transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.
     6 (lb en transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention
  to deceive, especially a document.
     7 (lb en transitive) To adulterate, drug(,) or poison (drink).
     8 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To take medicine.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Doctor
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The title of an academic or medical doctor (a
  person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's
  name.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     Dutch n.
     (l en doctor) (person who has attained a doctorate)
     Latin n.
     1 teacher, instructor
     2 (lb la Ecclesiastical Latin) catechist
     Romanian n.
     (l en doctor)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Doctor
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The title of an academic or medical doctor (a
  person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's
  name.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     Dutch n.
     (l en doctor) (person who has attained a doctorate)
     Latin n.
     1 teacher, instructor
     2 (lb la Ecclesiastical Latin) catechist
     Spanish n.
     1 (l en doctor) (Ph.D.)
     2 physician

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Doctor
     n.
     (non-gloss definition: The title of an academic or medical doctor (a
  person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's
  name.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     Espanja n.
     1 tohtori
     2 (yhteys arkikieltä k=es) lääkäri
     Latina n.
     opettaja

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  doctor
     Latin n.
     lärare, instruktör
     Spanska n.
     1 (tagg språk=es kat=titlar) doktor; person med doktorsgrad
     2 (tagg kat=yrken språk=es) doktor; läkare

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  doctor /dˈɒktə/
  arts, dokter

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Doctor /dˈɒktə/
  الطبيب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  doctor //ˈdɑktɚ// //ˈdɒktə// //ˈdɔktə// 
  до́ктор, до́кторка
  person who has attained a doctorate

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  doctor //ˈdɑktɚ// //ˈdɒktə// //ˈdɔktə// 
  лекувам
  act as a medical doctor to