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Doctor Watson

Doctor Watson is the alternative form of Watson.

Meaning of Watson

Noun

Watson (plural Watsons)

  1. Any character who acts as a catalyst for the detective protagonist's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that is privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Forms of Doctor Watson

pluralDoctor Watsons

Questions about Doctor Watson

What is Doctor Watson the alternative form of?
Doctor Watson is the alternative form of Watson.

Words near Doctor Watson in the dictionary

  1. Doctor of Science
  2. Doctor Pepper
  3. Doctor Peppers
  4. doctor shopping
  5. doctor up
  6. Doctor Watson
  7. Doctor Watsonish
  8. Doctor Whovian
  9. Doctor Whovians
  10. Doctor Yellow
  11. doctor's

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