2. n-m. a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor
Traductions de docteur et leurs définitions
doctor
1. n. Médecin, docteur.
2. n. (Éduc) Docteur.
3. v. Soigner.
4. v. Falsifier.
Passport had been doctored by the gang and was destined for a fugitive criminal — Le passeport a été falsifié par le gang et devait servir à un criminel en fuite.
1. n. The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name.
The students asked to see Doctor Jones.
Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.
Well, Doctor, what do you think? Will he live?
2. n. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-n
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
3. n. A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
4. n. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
5. n. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
6. n. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
7. n. (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine".
8. n. A fish, the friar skate.
9. v. To act as a medical doctor to.
Her children doctored her back to health.
10. v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.
11. v. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
12. v. To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
13. v. To genetically alter an extant species.
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
14. v. To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.
1. n. A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.
