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Word entry · 6 letters

doctor

Best crossword clue

"Clinic professional"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cdoortStarts with DEnds with R9 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give medical treatment to

Word origin

From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).

Used in a sentence

  • If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
  • By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death / Will seize the doctor too.
  • So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues

01Clinic professional6 letters
02Medical caregiver6 letters
03Medical expert6 letters
04Medical practitioner6 letters
05One making rounds6 letters
06One treating patients6 letters
07One with patients6 letters
08Physician6 letters

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