Plural of doctor
regular plural
The plural of doctor is doctors.
Forms of doctor
| Singular | doctor /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | doctors /ˈdɒktəz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Doctors in a sentence
- Raising six children who all went on to be doctors was a tough feat for us.From the entry feat
- Her illness started to alarm the doctors, who ordered more tests.From the entry alarm
- Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.From the entry fungal
- He was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.From the entry black sheep
- There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.From the entry curmudgeon
Meaning of doctor
- noun A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
- noun A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.
- noun A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
Questions about the plural of doctor
- What is the plural of doctor?
- The plural of doctor is doctors.
- Is doctor countable?
- Doctor is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doctor (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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