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doctorate(2)(dictionary)
doctorate(dictionary)

doctorate(1) (iou)



doctorate noun. M17.
[Partly formed as DOCTORATE verb; partly from medieval Latin doctoratus = sense 2 below, from Latin DOCTOR noun: see -ATE1.]
A person who has a doctor's degree. rare. M17.
The highest degree awarded in a university faculty or (now) by some other competent body; a doctor's degree. L17.