doctor
• noun 1 a person who is qualified to practise medicine. 2 (Doctor) a person who holds the highest university degree. 3 Austral./NZ informal a cook on board a ship or in a camp or station. • verb 1 change in order to deceive; falsify. 2 adulterate (a food or drink) with a harmful or potent ingredient. 3 Brit. remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce. — PHRASES go for the doctor Austral./NZ informal make an all-out effort. what the doctor ordered informal something beneficial or desirable. — ORIGIN Latin, ‘teacher’.
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