Doctor vs. Mister

Doctornoun

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, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.

Doctornoun

A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

Doctornoun

A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

Doctornoun

A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

Doctornoun

(obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

Doctornoun

(dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

Doctornoun

A fish, the friar skate.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.

Doctorverb

To act as a medical doctor.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.

Doctorverb

(transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

Doctorverb

To take medicine.

Doctornoun

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man.

Doctornoun

An academical title, originally meaning a man so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.

Doctornoun

One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.

Doctornoun

Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.

Doctornoun

The friar skate.

Doctorverb

To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.

Doctorverb

To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.

Doctorverb

To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.

Doctorverb

To practice physic.

Doctornoun

a licensed medical practitioner;

Doctornoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the othodoxy of their theological teaching;

Doctornoun

children take the roles of doctor or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the doctor's office;

Doctornoun

a person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution;

Doctorverb

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;

Doctorverb

give medical treatment to

Doctorverb

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

Misternoun

A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.

Misternoun

(obsolete) Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.

Misternoun

A kind, type of.

Misternoun

(obsolete) Need (of something).

Misternoun

(obsolete) Necessity; the necessary time.

Misternoun

A device that makes or sprays mist.

Misterverb

(transitive) To address by the title of "mister".

Misterverb

To be necessary; to matter.

Misternoun

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.

Misternoun

A trade, art, or occupation.

Misternoun

Manner; kind; sort.

Misternoun

Need; necessity.

Misterverb

To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way.

Misterverb

To be needful or of use.

Misternoun

a form of address for a man

Misternoun

variant form of Mr, often used humorously or with offensive emphasis

Misternoun

used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known

Misternoun

a device with a nozzle for spraying a mist of water, especially on houseplants.