Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doctorate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.]
The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t.
To make (one) a doctor.
He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. --
Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doctorate
n : one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a
university [syn: {doctor's degree}]
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