doctor's degree

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doc′tor's degree`

1. any of several academic degrees of the highest rank awarded by universities and some colleges, as the Ph.D. or Ed.D., or an honorary degree, as the LL.D.

2. a degree awarded to a graduate of a school of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science.

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doctor's degree - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university

doctorate

academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"

DMD, Doctor of Dental Medicine - a doctor's degree in dental medicine

DDS, Doctor of Dental Surgery - a doctor's degree in dental surgery

DD, Doctor of Divinity - a doctor's degree in religion

DEd, Doctor of Education, EdD - a doctor's degree in education

Doctor of Medicine, MD - a doctor's degree in medicine

DMus, Doctor of Music, MusD - a doctor's degree in music

AMusD, Doctor of Musical Arts - a doctor's degree in musical arts

Doctor of Optometry, OD - a doctor's degree in optometry

Doctor of Osteopathy, DO - doctor's degree in osteopathy

D.A., Doctor of Arts - a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus

Doctor of Philosophy - a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge

Doctor of Public Health, DPH - a doctor's degree in preventive medicine

Doctor of Theology, ThD - a doctor's degree in theology

Doctor of Sacred Theology, STD - a doctor's degree in theology; "STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor"

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He spent the first forty years of his life in acquiring knowledge, but having failed to obtain his doctor's degree, he returned to the quiet hills of his native province and dedicated his remaining years to composition.

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Or some foreign doctor's degree not recognized by the prejudiced people in England.

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No,' returned Steerforth, 'the advocates are civilians - men who have taken a doctor's degree at college - which is the first reason of my knowing anything about it.