Doctorate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.]
     The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t.
     To make (one) a doctor.
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           He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. --
                                                    Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doctorate
       n : one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a
           university [syn: {doctor's degree}]