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id:"doctor:1",
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src:"medical",
section:"alpha",
stems:[
"doctor",
"doctor of the church",
"doctoral",
"doctorless",
"doctors",
"doctorship",
"doctorships"
],
offensive:false
},
hom:1,
hwi:{
hw:"doc*tor",
prs:[
{
mw:"ˈdäk-tər",
sound:{
audio:"doctor01"
}
}
]
},
fl:"noun",
def:[
{
sseq:[
[
[
"sense",
{
sn:"1 a",
dt:[
[
"text",
"{bc}a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university"
]
]
}
],
[
"sense",
{
sn:"b",
dt:[
[
"text",
"{bc}a person awarded an honorary {a_link|doctorate} by a college or university"
]
]
}
]
],
[
[
"sense",
{
sn:"2",
dt:[
[
"text",
"{bc}a person skilled or specializing in healing arts"
]
],
sdsense:{
sd:"especially",
dt:[
[
"text",
"{bc}one (as a physician, dentist, or veterinarian) who holds an advanced degree and is licensed to practice"
]
]
}
}
]
]
]
}
],
shortdef:[
"a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university",
"a person awarded an honorary doctorate by a college or university",
"a person skilled or specializing in healing arts; especially : one (as a physician, dentist, or veterinarian) who holds an advanced degree and is licensed to practice"
]