A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick. The final examination and qualification may award a doctorate in which case the post-nominal letters are MD in the US
anyone with a doctorate; not necessarily associated with practioners of medicine
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"
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
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
{f} provide medical treatment, take care of someone who is ill; fix, repair; tamper with, falsify; alter
A user-friendly information source about health The doctors here have a "Monty Python"-like bedside manner and treat people in a loving and concerned manner, with dignity and respect for their wishes They are known to be spontaneously silly with a humble disposition The doctors come from their hearts and so refuse to mislead people with invented answers They give of themselves in order to serve humanity
degree from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" give medical treatment to
If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people. They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible