psychiatrist
C1
noun
Freq #5438
Meanings
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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.”
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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