doctor

1. n. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. The friar skate. Source: opted

6. v. t. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. Source: opted

7. v. t. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor. Source: opted

8. v. t. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. Source: opted

9. v. i. To practice physic. Source: opted

10. n. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching Source: wordnet

11. n. a licensed medical practitioner Source: wordnet

12. n. children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office Source: wordnet

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