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Idiom

good doctor

Meaning

An honorific form of address to a doctor.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Good doctor, please tell me when I can go home.”

“The patient looked at the specialist and asked, Good doctor, is this treatment really necessary?”

“With a respectful bow, the weary traveler addressed the physician, Good doctor, I seek your wisdom regarding this strange illness.”

Examples

simple

“Good doctor, please tell me when I can go home.”

contextual

“The patient looked at the specialist and asked, Good doctor, is this treatment really necessary?”

complex

“With a respectful bow, the weary traveler addressed the physician, Good doctor, I seek your wisdom regarding this strange illness.”

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