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doc·tor

D0315700 (dŏk′tər)n.1. a. A person who is licensed to practice medicine and has trained at a school of medicine or a school of osteopathic medicine; a physician.b. Any of certain other healthcare professionals, such as a dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or veterinarian.2. A practitioner of alternative medicine or folk medicine who does not have traditional medical credentials.3. a. A person who has earned the highest academic degree, usually a PhD, awarded by a college or university in a specified discipline.b. A person awarded an honorary degree by a college or university.4. Abbr. Dr. Used as a title and form of address for a person holding the degree of doctor.5. Roman Catholic Church An eminent theologian.6. A rig or device contrived for remedying an emergency situation or for doing a special task.v. doc·tored, doc·tor·ing, doc·tors v.tr.1. Informal To give medical treatment to: "[He] does more than practice medicine. He doctors people. There's a difference" (Charles Kuralt).2. To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig.3. a. To falsify or change in such a way as to make favorable to oneself: doctored the evidence.b. To add ingredients so as to improve or conceal the taste, appearance, or quality of: doctor the soup with a dash of sherry.c. To alter or modify for a specific end: doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.d. Baseball To deface or apply a substance to (the ball) in violation of the rules in order to throw a pitch with extraordinary movement: was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.v.intr. Informal To practice medicine.
[Middle English, an expert, authority, from Old French docteur, from Latin doctor, teacher, from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
doc′tor·al (dŏk′tə-rəl, dŏk-tôr′əl) adj.doc′tor·ly adj.

doctorly

(ˈdɒktərlɪ) adj (Medicine) having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor