1. The degree of a doctor.

2. To confer the degree of doctor upon.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• doctore,
• doctarate,
• doctorite,
• docturate,
• doctorat,
• docorated,
• docorate,
• doctrane,
• doctorats,
• doctorites,
• doctrate,
• doctrite,
• docrotate,
• dectorated,
• doctorit,
• docterate,
• doctoret,
• doctorade,
• doctorsate,
• dotorate

• doctorial,
• doctor,
• doctor up,
• doctor-fish,
• dogtrot,
• doctoral,
• doctorow,
• doster,
• decorate,
• doctorfish,
• doctrine.

The adjective form of the word "doctorate" is "doctoral".

The plural of the "doctorate" can be the "doctorates".

The singular of the "doctorate" can be the "doctorate".