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plague doctors

plague doctors is the plural of plague doctor.

Meaning of plague doctor

Noun

plague doctor (plural plague doctors)

  1. (European) A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.

Questions about plague doctors

What is plague doctors the plural of?
Plague doctors is the plural of plague doctor.

Words near plague doctors in the dictionary

  1. plagosity
  2. plague
  3. plague cross
  4. plague crosses
  5. plague doctor
  6. plague doctors
  7. Plague of Justinian
  8. plague pit
  9. plague rat
  10. plague rats
  11. plague soldier beetle

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