What does "doctorate" mean?
Doctorate: The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
Additional senses
- 2.To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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