"Dr" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Drs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Dr (plural Drs)
  1. Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe) Synonyms: Dr. Derived forms: Dr. Watsonish Related terms: Jr., Sr., 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 (titles; of a man): Mr (english: Mister, mister) Translations (Doctor): д-р (d-r) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dr. (Czech), D-ro (Esperanto), Dr. (French), Dr. (German), Δρ. (english: Dr.) (Greek), ד״ר (d'r) (Hebrew), डॉ॰ (ḍŏ.) (Hindi), Dro (Ido), an Dochtúir [masculine] (Irish), 先生 (sensei) (english: referring to a physician) (alt: せんせい) (Japanese), 博士 (hakase) (english: referring to a person who has attained a doctorate) (alt: はかせ) (Japanese), ಡಾ (ḍā) (Kannada), dr. (dr.a f) [masculine] (Lombard), Д-р (D-r) [masculine] (Macedonian), डॉ. (ḍŏ.) (Marathi), dr [masculine] (Polish), Dr. (Portuguese), Dr. (Romanian), д-р (d-r) [masculine] (Russian), an t-Oll (note: not medical) (Scottish Gaelic), dr. (Slovene), Dr. [masculine] (Spanish), Dra. [feminine] (Spanish), Dkt. (Swahili), డా (ḍā) (Telugu), Dr. (Turkish), ד״ר (d"r) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Dr-en-noun-9hhlEMKi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 27 2 17 17 Disambiguation of 'of a non-binary person': 45 19 7 12 17 Disambiguation of 'of a woman': 100 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'titles; of a man': 45 25 2 16 13 Disambiguation of 'Doctor': 72 12 1 7 7
  2. drive, used in street names
    Sense id: en-Dr-en-noun-JS03FNaK
  3. debit
    Sense id: en-Dr-en-noun-UOFr3ZSA
  4. debitor
    Sense id: en-Dr-en-noun-1TB4SUPJ
  5. (music, Japan) Abbreviation of drums (of a rock band) Tags: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: drums (extra: of a rock band) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-Dr-en-noun-geurHXV~ Categories (other): Japanese English Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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