"Doctor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-Doctor.ogg [US] Forms: Doctors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Doctor (plural Doctors)
  1. The title of an academic or medical doctor (a person who holds a doctorate); used before or instead of the doctor's name. Synonyms (abbreviated forms): Dr, Dr. Derived forms: Doctor Atkins Related terms: Sir (english: sir), Mrs (english: Mistress, mistress), Miss (english: miss), Dame (english: dame), Madam (english: madam, ma'am) Related terms (of a non-binary person): Mx (alt: Mixter) Related terms (of a woman): Ms (alt: Miz, mizz) Related terms (see also): Dr (english: Doctor, doctor) Related terms (titles; of a man): Mr (english: Mister, mister) Translations (title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name): 先生 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 醫生 (Chinese Cantonese), 医生 (english: physician; ji¹ sang¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 博士 (bok³ si⁶) [literary] (Chinese Cantonese), 醫生 (Chinese Mandarin), 医生 (yīshēng) (english: physician) (Chinese Mandarin), 博士 (bóshì) [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), Doktoro (Esperanto), tohtori (Finnish), tri (Finnish), le docteur (note: used for both a man and a woman) (French), la docteure [Quebec] (French), Doktor [masculine] (German), Doktorin [feminine] (German), Dr. [abbreviation, masculine] (German), 先生 (sîn-sâng) (Hakka Chinese), 博士 (alt: はかせ, hakase, はくし, hakushi) (Japanese), 박사 (baksa) (alt: 博士) (Korean), डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar) (Marathi), doutor [masculine] (Portuguese), Doctor [masculine] (Romanian), до́ктор (dóktor) (note: used for both a man and a woman) [masculine] (Russian), д-р (d-r) [abbreviation, masculine] (Russian), tiến sĩ (alt: 進士) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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