doctor

IPA: dˈɑktɝ

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.
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.
(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
A fish, the friar skate.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) A ship's cook.
The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name.

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

Examples of "doctor" in Sentences

The word doctor is from the Latin docere, meaning to teach.
But what drug addicts do, we ` ve heard the term doctor shopping.
He took the degree of doctor of theology, and seems to have received the complimentary title of _doctor mirabilis_.
This is often confusing to many who limit their use of the term doctor to refer to medical physicians, such as psychiatrists and cardiologists.
“Dr. Casey,” I said, the word doctor now sounding absolutely pornographic, “did you or did you not allow your father to cover up numerous failed classes during your medical school education?”
OZ: The word "doctor" comes from the Latin word for teacher, and like any teacher/pupil relationship, it is a two-way street and I learn much from my patients especially about these topics, so I encourage viewers to talk openly with their physicians about this and actually push their doctors a little bit to open up about integrative therapies including, prayer and meditation.