doctor

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Synonyms: ductor, docter, doktor

Antonyms: ductor, docter, doktor

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

A person who has attained a [[doctorate]], such as a [[Ph.D.]] or [[Th.D.]] or one of many other [[terminal degree]]s conferred by a [[college]] or [[university]].
A [[veterinarian]]; a medical [[practitioner]] who treats non-human [[animal]]s.
{{n-g|A [[nickname]] for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.}}
{{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[teacher]]; one skilled in a [[profession]] or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
{{lb|en|dated}} Any [[mechanical]] [[contrivance]] intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an [[exigency]].
A fish, the [[friar skate]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[witch doctor]].
{{lb|en|obsolete|nautical|slang}} A [[ship]]'s [[cook]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} To act as a medical [[#Noun|doctor]] to.
{{lb|en|intransitive|humorous}} To act as a medical [[#Noun|doctor]].
{{lb|en|transitive}} To make (someone) into an (academic) [[#Noun|doctor]]; to [[confer]] a [[doctorate]] upon.
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[physically]] [[alter]] ([[medically]] or [[surgically]]) a living being in order to change [[growth]] or [[behavior]].
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[genetically]] [[alter]] an [[extant]] [[species]].
{{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[alter]] or make [[obscure]], as with the intention to [[deceive]], especially a [[document]].
{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[adulterate]], [[drug]]{{,}} or [[poison]] (drink).
{{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To take [[medicine]].

{{n-g|A [[mnemonic]] to help remember the difference between the Spanish verbs {{m|es|ser}} and {{m|es|estar}} (both meaning "to be"); {{m|es|ser}} is generally used for: '''D'''escriptions, '''O'''ccupations, '''C'''haracteristics, '''T'''imes, '''O'''rigins, and '''R'''elationships.}}

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