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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doctor \Doc"tor\, n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr docere to teach. See {Docile}.] 1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man. [Obs.] One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel -- Bacon. 2. 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. 3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too -- Shak. 4. 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}. 5. (Zo["o]l.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] {Doctors' Commons}. See under {Commons}. {Doctor's stuff}, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot. {Doctor fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish of the genus {Acanthurus}; the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called {barber fish}. See {Surgeon fish}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doctored}; p. pr & vb n. {Doctoring}.] 1. To treat as a physician does to apply remedies to to repair; as to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.] 2. To confer a doctorate upon to make a doctor. 3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i. To practice physic. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order but especially of one of the four mendicant orders viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b) Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. 3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides. {Friar bird} (Zo["o]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C. {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood. {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare}) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton. {Friar skate} (Zo["o]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doctor n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: {doc}, {physician}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}] 2: a leading theologian in the history of the Roman Catholic Church; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" [syn: {Doctor}, {Doctor of the Church}] 3: children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor" 4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" [syn: {Dr.}] v 1: alter with the intention to deceive; Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: {sophisticate}, {doctor up}, {adulterate}] 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}, {furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Doctor (Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions. They assumed the office without any appointment to it The doctors of the law were principally of the sect of the Pharisees. Schools were established after the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in which academical degrees were conferred on those who passed a certain examination. Those of the school of Tiberias were called by the title "rabbi," and those of Babylon by that of "master."
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