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dentist|ˈdɛntɪst| [ad. F. dentiste, f. L. dentem, F. dent, tooth: see -ist.] One whose profession it is to treat diseases of the teeth, extract them, insert artificial ones, etc.; a dental surgeon.
1759Edin. Chron. 15 Sept. 4 Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer; but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer. 1760Lond. Mag. XXIX. 204 This distinguished Dentist and Dentologist. 1808Med. Jrnl. XIX. 192 Mr. Moor, Surgeon Dentist to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. 1855O. W. Holmes Poems 149 No! Pay the dentist when he leaves A fracture in your jaw. |