What is the meaning of doctor?

noun

• A licensed medical practitioner.
  • usage: "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
  • synonyms: doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
• Roman Catholic Church. ( a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching)
  • usage: "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
  • synonyms: Doctor of the Church
• Children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office.
  • usage: "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor"
• A person who holds Ph. D. Degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution.
  • usage: "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics"
  • synonyms: Dr.

verb

• Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
  • usage: "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
  • synonyms: sophisticate, doctor up
• Give medical treatment to.
• Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
  • usage: "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
  • synonyms: repair, mend, fix, bushel, furbish up, restore, touch on