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Meaning of doctor

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  doctor
      n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
           see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {physician}, {MD},
           {Dr.}, {medico}]
      2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who
         distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their
         theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly
         influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
         [syn: {Doctor of the Church}, {Doctor}]
      3: children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and
         pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children
         explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
      4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an
         academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in
         physics" [syn: {doctor}, {Dr.}]
      v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
           "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn:
           {sophisticate}, {doctor}, {doctor up}]
      2: give medical treatment to
      3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
         or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
         please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {doctor},
         {furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}, {bust}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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