Definition of Doctar
Doctor (lit. teacher), 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.
- Wikipedia
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.]
One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas
Macciavel. Bacon.
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.
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. (Zoöl.) The friar skate.
[Prov. Eng.]
Doctors' Commons. See under
Commons. -- Doctor's stuff, physic,
medicine. G. Eliot. -- Doctor fish
(Zoöl.), 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.
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]
Doc"tor, v. i. To practice
physic. [Colloq.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
DOCTOR. Milk and water, with a little rum, and some nutmeg;
also the name of a composition used by distillers,
to make spirits appear stronger than they really are, or,
in their phrase, better proof.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A physician: a member of the medical profession. One who is trained and licenced to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD. 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 specialties.)
- A person who has attained a doctorate such as a D.A., D.B.A., D.F.A., D.M.A., D.M.L., D.Sc., Ed.D., Ph.D., Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university
- A veterinarian: a member of the medical profession. One who is trained and licenced to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are DVM. In the UK the letters are BVSc.
- To act as a doctor.
- To change the writing on a piece of paper.
- To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive.
- Indicates that a person has trained as a doctor.
- Indicates that a person has a doctorate.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
You arrived at this page by searching for Doctar
The correct Spelling of this word is: Doctor
Thank you for visiting FreeFactFinder. On our home page you will find extensive articles covering
a wide range of topics.
|
