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A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man. |
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An academical title, originally meaning a men 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. |
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Doctor |
One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. |
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Doctor |
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. |
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Doctor |
The friar skate. |
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