doctor
/ˈdɑktɚ/ noun A1- 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 DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS 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 non-human animals.
- A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
- 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.
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Clearly an army doctor, then.
Where in the tropics could an English army doctor have seen much hardship and got his arm wounded?
“It’s not tattooed,” said the doctor, peering through his glasses.
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army.
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