| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A licensed medical practitioner.[Wordnet]
2. A person who holds Ph.D. degree from an academic institution.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Dr.
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Circus of Dr. Lao | In 1935, Charles G. Finney, a newspaperman of Arizona, published his novel, The Circus of Dr. Lao. Set in the fictional town of Abalone, Arizona, it mercilessly satirized the mindset of ordinary Americans when confronted by examples of magic. (references) | ||
| Comrade Dr. Edward Ikem Okeke | Comrade Dr. Edward Ikem Okeke (August 1 1942 British Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria - July 2 1995 Anambra State, Federal Republic of Nigeria) was a Soviet educated, Left Wing Nigerian Politician, Academician and Labour Union Leader. (references) | ||
| Dr. Abel (Tekken) | Doctor Abel is an character from Tekken series video games. (references) | ||
| Dr. Achilles Milo | Dr. Achilles Milo is a fictional scientist in the DC Universe. (references) | ||
| Dr. Alfred Blaylock | Alfred Blaylock successfully performed the first blue baby surgery in 1944 at Johns Hopkins University. His assistant and partner in developing the surgical techniques was Vivien Thomas, a black carpenter who was eventually awarded an honorary doctorate for his contributions in medicine. Documented nicely in the film, Something the Lord Made. (references) | ||
| Dr. Alfred J. Eggers | Dr. Alfred J. Eggers was a genius in aerodynamics and the lifting body concept was only one of his accomplishments. It is too late to wonder how the Shuttle would have evolved if it had been based on his design. (references) | ||
| Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai | Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai is a law college in Chennai, India established in 1891. It was renamed after Ambedkar, an Indian freedom fighter. (references) | ||
| Dr. Ambedkar Law Univesity | Dr. Ambedkar Law Univesity is in Chennai, India. It was established in October of 1997. (references) | ||
| Dr. Andrew Turnbull | A former British Consul at Smyrna, who organized the largest attempt at British colonization in the New World by founding New Smyrna, Florida, named in honor of his wife's birthplace. New Smyrna, Florida Colony, founded in 1768, encompassed some 101,400 acres and was nearly three times the size of the colony at Jamestown. (references) | ||
| Dr. Atl | Gerald Murillo (a Mexican painter who signed his work "Dr. Atl") was born on October 3, 1875, in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He began to study painting at an early age in Jalisco, under Felipe Castro. At the age of 21, Murillo entered the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City to further in his studies. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Dr.
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bousq. Dict. de Dr. | Law | Bousquet, Dictionnaire de Droit. (references) | |
| Devil and Dr. Faustus | Literature | 1: (The). Faust was the first printer of Bibles, and issued a large number in imitation of those sold as manuscripts. These he passed off in Paris as genuine, and sold for sixty crowns apiece, the usual price being five hundred crowns. The uniformity of the books, their rapid supply, and their unusual cheapness excited astonishment. Information was laid against him for magic, and, in searching his lodgings, the brilliant red ink with which his copies were adorned was declared to be his blood. He was charged with dealings with the Devil, and condemned to be burnt alive. To save himself, he revealed his secret to the Paris Parlement, and his invention became the admiration of the world. N.B. - This tradition is not to be accepted as history. 2: In Molière's Malade Ìmaginaire. A man of fossilised ideas, who, like the monk, refused to change his time-honoured mumpsimus (q.v.), for the new-fangled sumpsimus. Dr. Diafoirus used to say, what was good enough for his forefathers was good enough for their posterity, and he had no patience with the modern fads about the rotundity of the earth, its motion round the sun, the circulation of the blood, and all such stuff. 3: The hero of Southey's Doctor. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Dr. Feelgood | Health | Heroin. (references) | |
| Dr. Fell | Literature | 1: The reason why I cannot tell; 2: I do not like thee, Dr. Fell. A correspondent of Notes and Queries says the author was Tom Brown, who wrote Dialogues of the Dead, and the person referred to was Dr. Fell, Dean of Christchurch (1625-1686), who expelled him, but said he would remit the sentence if he translated the thirty-third Epigram of Martial: 3: "Non amo te, Zabidi, nec possum dicere quare; 4: Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te." 5: "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, 6: But this I know, I know full well, 7: I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." T.Browm. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Dr. Fred Mbogo | Computing | Dr. Fred Mbogo /*m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ n. [Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem, esp.an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you know a good eye doctor?" "Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and Professional Dry Cleaning." The name comes from synergy between bogus and the original Dr. Mbogo, a witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old "Addams Family" TV show. Interestingly enough, it turns out that under the rules for Swahili noun classes, `m-' is the characteristic prefix of "nouns referring to human beings". As such, "mbogo" is quite plausible as a Swahili coinage for a person having the nature of a bogon. Actually, "mbogo" is indeed a Ki-Swahili word referring to the African Cape Buffalo, Syncerus caffer. It is one of the "big five" dangerous African game animals, and many people with bush experience believe it to be the most dangerous of them. Compare Bloggs Family and J. Random Hacker; see also Fred Foobar and fred. Source: Jargon File.. | |
| Dr. James H. Clark | Computing | Dr. James H. Clark | |
| Dr. Rezio | Literature | 1: Or Pedro Rezio of Aguero. The doctor of Barataria, who forbade Sancho Panza to taste any of the meats set before him. Roasted partridge was forbidden by Hippocrates; podrida was the most pernicious food in the world; rabbits are a sharp-haired diet; veal is prejudicial to health; but the governor might eat a "few wafers, and a thin slice or two of quince." (Don Quixote, part ii. book iii. chap. 10.) 2: Of Valladolid, a tall, meagre, pale man, of very solemn appearance, who weighed every word he uttered, and gave an emphasis to his sage dicta. "His reasoning was geometrical, and his opinions angular." He said to the licentiate Sedillo, who was sick, "If you had drunk nothing else but pure water all your life, and eaten only such simple food as boiled apples, you would not now be tormented with gout." He then took from him six porringers of blood to begin with; in three hours he repeated the operation; and again the next day, saying: "It is a gross error to suppose that blood is necessary for life." With this depletion, the patient was to drink two or three pints of hot water every two hours. The result of this treatment was death "from obstinacy." (Gil Blas, chap. ii.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Dr.
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| dr. | English | Debtor | Finance | |
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