good doctor

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anhonorificform ofaddressto adoctor.c.1606(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene i]: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 incapitals,—“every woman is her own legislatrix.”—These words alone will sell at least nine more editions of your work.

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