mediciner
mediciner noun: a medical practitioner; a doctor.
Noun
mediciner (plural mediciners)
- A medical practitioner; a doctor.
- Toole used to throw up his nose, and raise his eyebrows, and made his brother mediciner a particularly stiff, and withal scornful reverence when they met. Sturk, on the other hand, made a short, surly nod—'twas little more—and, without a word, turned on his heel, with a gruff pitch of his shoulder...1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Showing how Some of the Feuds in Chapelizod Waxed Fiercer, and Others Were Solemnly Condoned”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley...
- After that period, however, records of Irish mediciners and surgeons are frequent[.]1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page xi. 232
Forms of mediciner
| plural | mediciners |
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Origin of mediciner
From medicine + -er.
Questions about mediciner
- What does mediciner mean?
- Mediciner means a medical practitioner; a doctor.
- What part of speech is mediciner?
- Mediciner is a noun.
- What is the plural of mediciner?
- The plural of mediciner is mediciners.
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