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Doctor Yellow

Doctor Yellow proper noun: the high-speed track testing train used on the Tokaido Shinkansen and San'yō Shinkansen.

Proper noun

Doctor Yellow

  1. (humorous) The high-speed track testing train used on the Tokaido Shinkansen and San'yō Shinkansen.

Origin of Doctor Yellow

Calque from Japanese ドクターイエロー (Dokutā Ierō), itself a pseudo-anglicism from English doctor + yellow, in reference to its diagnostic function and bright yellow appearance.

Questions about Doctor Yellow

What does Doctor Yellow mean?
Doctor Yellow means the high-speed track testing train used on the Tokaido Shinkansen and San'yō Shinkansen.
What part of speech is Doctor Yellow?
Doctor Yellow is a proper noun.

Words near Doctor Yellow in the dictionary

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

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