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"doctor" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often physician (9 letters).
Definitions
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
01“Clinic professional”6 letters
02“Medical caregiver”6 letters
03“Medical expert”6 letters
04“Medical practitioner”6 letters
05“One making rounds”6 letters
06“One treating patients”6 letters
07“One with patients”6 letters
08“Physician”6 letters
09“Medical professional”6 letters
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