"good doctor" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-good doctor.ogg [Australia] Forms: good doctors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} good doctor (countable and uncountable, plural good doctors)
  1. (idiomatic) An honorific form of address to a doctor. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Hypernyms: doctor Related terms: the good doctor
    Sense id: en-good_doctor-en-noun-Pa2IiIpr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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