Read full poem →Pray heartily for some new gift,
And shake his head at Doctor S----t.
Dictionary Entry
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-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD,
In a Sentence
“If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
. doctordoctor familydoctor medical
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Related Words
Poetry examples for “doctor”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Richard Morton's " Pyretologia" (1692), Marwell
had tertian ague, and the doctor gave him a
great febrifuge, a draft of Veiiice treacle, and
Read full poem →'Tamburlaine' was succeeded by 'The Tragical
History of Doctor Faustus.' The poetical value of
this work may be inferred from Goethe's words on it
Read full poem →All suddenly are grown so kind.
Fred stopp'd the Doctor, yesterday,
Downstairs, and, when he went away,
Read full poem →much). How did the traffic get so jammed?
bedad it is the famous doctor who inserts
monkeyglands in millionaires a cute idea n’est-ce pas?
Read full poem →And those who could not pay flocked to me.
I was good-hearted, easy Doctor Meyers.
I was healthy, happy, in comfortable fortune,
Read full poem →And no one comes to you but the poor.
And you find too late that being a doctor
Is just a way of making a living.
Read full poem →The reader of the letter, being a doctor,
Is talking learnedly of the writer's case
Read full poem →Captured me after a brutal hunt.
He left me to my fate with Doctor Meyers;
And I sank into death, growing numb from the feet up,
Read full poem →I am sorry for him.
The doctor says he has tuberculosis.