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Grapepark Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
The Word Doctor in the Past
Hello
I want to know what was "Doctor" called in old English?
For example, in some countries of Asia, we would call Hakim. The word doctor is a new word. What is the old word for Doctor?
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q=leech CB
- q=leech CB
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shininggirlThe word doctor is a new word.
"Leech" is right.
"Doctor" isn't new new. It appears in Chaucer and Shakespeare, and in Piers Plowman (1377). They often called them "Doctor of Physick" ("physick" spelled various ways) because "doctor" applies to many other professions besides medicine. Doctor is the Latin word for "teach
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