Translation
doctor (title, holder of a doctorate)
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Examples
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The doctor spoke about his new book.
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Good day, doctor!
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She became a doctor of science.
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We waited for the doctor in the drawing room.
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The doctor arrived right after the letter.
Esperanto splits what English merges. is the academic title, the holder of a doctorate; the person who treats your illness is a , from , to treat medically. Plenty of speakers use loosely for medics anyway, which reliably irritates the careful. The word carries a certain weight in the movement's own history, since Zamenhof published under the pen name Doktoro Esperanto - the one who hopes - and the language took its name from the pseudonym rather than the other way round.
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Grammar articles
(6)Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Esperanto Capital Letters: Esperanto, franco, lundo
Esperanto Language Names: la angla, la anglan and angle
Esperanto Letter Names: How to Spell Aloud (bo, co, ĉo)
Esperanto Punctuation, Spelling and Abbreviations
Esperanto Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta and What They Do
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 2: doktoro, lasta, denove and 6 more words.