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Family doctor   /fˈæməli dˈɑktər/   Listen
Family doctor

noun
1.
A general practitioner who treats all the family members.





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"Family doctor" Quotes from Famous Books



... The family doctor betrayed no uneasiness, but expressed a wish for a consultation with another medical man. Meanwhile, the girl promised to meet Andre morning and evening in the same place, and give him such scraps of information as she had been able to pick up. For two whole ...
— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau
... the upper middle class or (that less known but more powerful section) the lower upper class. Men like this all over the country are really saying whatever comes into their heads in their capacities of justice of the peace, candidate for Parliament, Colonel of the Yeomanry, old family doctor, Poor Law guardian, coroner, or above all, arbiter in trade disputes. He suffers, in the literal sense, from softening of the brain; he has softened it by always taking the view of everything most comfortable for his country, his class, and his private ...
— A Miscellany of Men • G. K. Chesterton
... with little to recommend him save money, is head over heels in love with the loveliest, dearest girl the Lord ever made, a girl a thousand times too good for the man, and who doesn't care any more for him than she does for the family cat or the family doctor. What's ...
— The Lilac Girl • Ralph Henry Barbour


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