psychiatrist

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US /ˌsaɪˈkaɪ.ə.tɹɪst/
noun Freq #5438

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry.

    Says Colonel Thomas Murray, chief Army psychiatrist in South Viet Nam: “Some of our psychiatrists are the most improbable military guys: soft, flabby, unexercised.”

  2. 2
    noun

    a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Etymology

From psychiatry + -ist.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a medical doctor... psychiater
2 noun · a physician who specializes... head-shrinker

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