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good doctor (countable and uncountable, plural good doctors)
- (idiomatic) An honorific form of address to a doctor.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Doctor: ...So, good night;
My mind she has mated, and amaz’d my sight.
I think, but dare not speak.
Gentlewoman: Good night, good doctor.
- 1734, James Miller (1734), The mother-in-law; or, The doctor the disease, London: J. Watts, Act IV, Scene 1, page 60:
- Sir Cred. Spare me, good Doctor!
- 1776, John Lind (1776), "Letter II: Of civil liberty, and the principles of government", in: Three letters to Dr. Price, London: T. Payne, J. Sewell, and P. Elmsly, page 40:
- Every woman too is her own legislatrix. Good doctor, reprint this sheet; add, but in capitals,—“every woman is her own legislatrix.”—These words alone will sell at least nine more editions of your work.
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Sometimes used ironically.
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