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Doctor Whovian

Doctor Whovian noun: synonym of Whovian.

Noun

Doctor Whovian (plural Doctor Whovians)

  1. (rare) Synonym of Whovian.
    • These Doctor Whovians, as they call themselves, will be particularly earnest in their pleas because the future depends on it. […] Many of the Doctor Whovians are members of a 2-year-old Seattle organization called the Society of the Rusting Tardis.1987 April 24, Andee Beck, “‘Dr. Who’ fans have hopes of bringing their hero to KTPS”, in The News Tribune, 105th year, number 17, Tacoma, Wash., page D7, columns 1–2
    • Doctor Whovians will further get the chance to see a real Tardis (a time-travel vehicle), a mockup of the ship’s control panel, and Bessie, the banana-colored 1953 Ford that belonged to Doctor No. 3 (played by Jon Pertwee).1987 September 9, Andee Beck, “Dr. Who’s coming to Tacoma: The real McCoy will sign autographs at Bates school”, in The News Tribune, 105th year, number 155, Tacoma, Wash., page D10, column 2
    Synonyms:
    Whovian

Adjective

Doctor Whovian (comparative more Doctor Whovian, superlative most Doctor Whovian)

  1. (rare) Synonym of Whovian.
    • […] it contains all-original short stories by a swarm of the usual Doctor-Whovian suspects: Jonathan Blum, Martin Day, Paul Ebbs, Jim Mortimore, Kate Orman, Justin Richards, Dave Stone and many others.2004 spring, Interzone, number 193, page 62, column 1
    • This is not the sleek white Apple-store vision of the future, but something altogether Doctor Whovian in its sensibilities, as enamored with the past as with the future’s mind-boggling possibilities.2015 September 16, Amelia Mason, “How A Music Futurist Composes The Future”, in WBUR, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2023
    Synonyms:
    Whovian

Examples of Doctor Whovian in a sentence

  • That was a blast, because I had been a Trekkie and also a Doctor Whovian.2014, Don Bambrick, 5 Short Stories, Xlibris, →ISBN:
  • For Doctor Whovians, the episode downloaded was the final episode of season seven 'The Name of the Doctor'.2014 August 19, James Vincent, “North Korean internet users download Top Gear, violent video games and American porn”, in The Independent...
  • Or was she just fangirling, like those Doctor Whovians with their pen-and-ink hash marks?2016, Jill Williamson, Broken Trust, Novel Teen Press, →ISBN, page 23:
  • He was a longtime Parrothead, Beatlemaniac, Doctor Whovian and a (Star) Trekker.2018 February 24–25, “[Obituaries] Jack Carver”, in Elizabethton Star, volume 93, number 40, Elizabethton, Tenn., page 5A, column 2:

Synonyms of Doctor Whovian

Forms of Doctor Whovian

Noun
pluralDoctor Whovians
Adjective
comparativemore Doctor Whovian
superlativemost Doctor Whovian

Origin of Doctor Whovian

From Doctor Who + -v- + -ian.

Questions about Doctor Whovian

What does Doctor Whovian mean?
Doctor Whovian means synonym of Whovian.
How do you use Doctor Whovian in a sentence?
That was a blast, because I had been a Trekkie and also a Doctor Whovian.
What part of speech is Doctor Whovian?
Doctor Whovian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Doctor Whovian?
The plural of Doctor Whovian is Doctor Whovians.

Words near Doctor Whovian in the dictionary

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

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