doctor

word used in the South Australianbush for «the cook.»

1896. `The Australasian,' June 13, p. 1133, col. 1:

«`The doctor's in the kitchen, and the boss is in the shed;

The overseer's out mustering on the plain;

Sling your bluey down, old boy, for the clouds are overhead,

You are welcome to a shelter from the rain.'»

doctor
doctor, ōris, m. [doceo], a teacher , instructor , Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23; 3, 15, 57; id. Div. 1,...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
doctor
doctor ōris, m DIC-, a teacher, instructor : sapientiae: Thaliae, H. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Doctor
·noun The friar skate. II. Doctor ·vi To practice physic. III. Doctor ·vt To confer a doctorate up...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Doctor
(Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors taught and disputed in synagogues, or wh...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
doctor
Milk and water, with a little rum, and some nutmeg; also the name of a composition used by distiller...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
doctor
The cook on board a ship; so called by seamen. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
doctor
A name which seamen apply to every medical officer. Also, a jocular name for the ship's cook. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Water doctor
·- One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. II. Water doctor ·- ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
soul doctor
or DRIVER A parson. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Doctor Williams' Library
On the east side of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without. Founded 1711 by Daniel Williams, ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.