doctorate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: doctorate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for doctorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doctorate n one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university Synonym(s): doctor's degree, doctorate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doctorate \Doc"tor*ate\, v. t. To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. -- Fuller.