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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[`e]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b) Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides. [1913 Webster] {Friar bird} (Zool.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C. {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood. {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare}) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton. {Friar skate} (Zool.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: doctor \doc"tor\, n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See {Docile}.] 1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. -- Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. [1913 Webster] By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too. -- Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. 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}. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] {Doctors' Commons}. See under {Commons}. {Doctor's stuff}, physic, medicine. --G. Eliot. {Doctor fish} (Zool.), any fish of the genus {Acanthurus}; the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called {barber fish}. See {Surgeon fish}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doctored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doctoring}.] 1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor. [1913 Webster] 3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Doctor \Doc"tor\, v. i. To practice physic. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dr \Dr.\ n. abbreviation for {doctor}, a title accorded to a person who holds a doctorate degree from an academic institution, such as a Ph.D. degree or M.D. degree. [abbrev.] Syn: doctor. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a licensed doctor of medicine. Syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD, medico. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: doctor n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" [syn: {doctor}, {doc}, {physician}, {MD}, {Dr.}, {medico}] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" [syn: {Doctor of the Church}, {Doctor}] 3: children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor" 4: a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" [syn: {doctor}, {Dr.}] v 1: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: {sophisticate}, {doctor}, {doctor up}] 2: give medical treatment to 3: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {doctor}, {furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}, {bust}] From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: doctor doctor; physician(kuracisto) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: doctor /dɔktɔr/ doctor