Found 4 items, similar to doctor.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: doctor dokter
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: doctor dokter
English → English (WordNet) Definition: doctor doctor n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; “I felt so bad I went to see my doctor” [syn: doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching; “the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages” [syn: 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.] doctor v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; “Sophisticate rose water with geraniol” [syn: sophisticate, 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, furbish up , restore, touch on] [ant: break]
English → English (gcide) Definition: doctor 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish; the silversides. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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; a learned man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. -- Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. An academical title, originally meaning a man 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. [1913 Webster] 3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. [1913 Webster] By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too. -- Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zo["o]l.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Dr \Dr.\ n. abbreviation for doctor, a title accorded to a person who holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree. [abbrev.] Syn: doctor. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a licensed doctor of medicine. Syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, medico. [WordNet 1.5]