doctorling
English
Etymology
From doctor + -ling.
Noun
doctorling (plural doctorlings)
- (derogatory) A minor, subordinate, or inferior doctor
- 1853, The Protestant Quarterly Review - Volume 10 - Page 109:
- Such is the infallible decision of our German "theologasters" and doctorlings.
- 1861, Vanity Fair - Volume 3 - Page 6:
- That last dreadful clause destroyed the fair vision of each sanguine and sanguinary doctorling, of a “free blow," at lectures and a five dollar diploma.
- 1853, The Protestant Quarterly Review - Volume 10 - Page 109: