Doctorate - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Doctorate :  (noun)

1: one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a university [syn: doctor's degree]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Doctorate : \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Doctorate : \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t. To make (one) a doctor.

He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. --
Fuller.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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