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barefoot doctors

barefoot doctors is the plural of barefoot doctor.

Meaning of barefoot doctor

Noun

barefoot doctor (plural barefoot doctors)

  1. (historical) A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.

Questions about barefoot doctors

What is barefoot doctors the plural of?
Barefoot doctors is the plural of barefoot doctor.

Words near barefoot doctors in the dictionary

  1. barefoot
  2. barefoot all over
  3. barefoot and pregnant
  4. Barefoot Bay
  5. barefoot doctor
  6. barefoot doctors
  7. barefoot shoe
  8. barefoot shoes
  9. barefooted
  10. barefootedness
  11. barefooter

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