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dentists

dentists is the plural of dentist.

Meaning of dentist

Noun

dentist (plural dentists)

  1. A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
    • It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119

Phrases with dentists

Questions about dentists

What is dentists the plural of?
Dentists is the plural of dentist.

Words near dentists in the dictionary

  1. dentistlike
  2. dentistress
  3. dentistresses
  4. dentistries
  5. dentistry
  6. dentists
  7. dentition
  8. dentitional
  9. dentitionally
  10. dentitions
  11. dentize

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