sub-doctorn.
/ˈsʌbˌdɒktə/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌdɑktər/ΚΠ
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xxvi. 273 The particular help where either an Vsher is wanting, or else is not sufficient, is by a Subdoctor.
1654 Cramond Kirk Session I. 18 Oct. The elderis and deacones who were appointit to visite the schuill report that they found no thing in the schuilmaister or subdoctor to be reproued.
1693 in C. M. Armet Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds (1953) II. 499 [Witnesses Mr. Thomas Hay, schoolmaster at Dalry, and John Greirsone], his sub doctor.
2. A subordinate or assistant doctor; spec. a person trained to a lower level than a doctor, who is able to carry out some routine medical procedures.
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1843 D. F. Bacon Wanderings on Seas & Shores of Afr. 178 He stoutly declared he would take no medicine... In this manner he kept the two sub-doctors at bay.
1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile viii. 232 On the sub-doctor saying Yes, Bombay gave him some beads, and bought the medicine required.
1906 Med. Libr. & Hist. Jrnl. June 180 He [sc. the pharmacist] need not give up his old, familiar title so dear to his heart; he need not call himself a sub-doctor.
1971 Times of India 3 Jan. 8/1 The move to have a special cadre of clinically trained ‘sub-doctors’ is good, but medical conservatives oppose such a radical measure.
2004 A. Hyde et al. Sociol. for Health Professionals in Ireland xii. 244 The theoretical basis of new nursing is not about creating sub-doctors out of nurses, but rather to deepen nursing's commitment to total patient care.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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