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doctoress

doctoress noun: a female doctor.

Noun

doctoress (plural doctoresses)

  1. (archaic) A female doctor.
    Synonyms:
    doctrix

Synonyms of doctoress

Forms of doctoress

pluraldoctoresses
alternative formdoctress

Origin of doctoress

From doctor + -ess.

Questions about doctoress

What does doctoress mean?
Doctoress means a female doctor.
What part of speech is doctoress?
Doctoress is a noun.
What is the plural of doctoress?
The plural of doctoress is doctoresses.

Words near doctoress in the dictionary

  1. doctored
  2. doctored up
  3. doctorer
  4. doctorers
  5. doctorese
  6. doctoress
  7. doctoresses
  8. doctorfish
  9. doctorfishes
  10. doctorhood
  11. doctorial

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