English Dictionary

doctor

/ˈdɒktə/

noun

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 D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.

The doctor examined the patient and prescribed medication.

意味（1）

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 D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.

If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.

意味（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.

意味（3）

A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.

意味（6）

(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

意味（7）

A fish, the friar skate.

意味（8）

(obsolete, nautical, 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, […]