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  • There, a few months ago, an administrative court ruled that students who had earned only a three-year university degree were nonetheless legally entitled to call themselves "dottore," or "doctor."

    Feeling Entitled? 2005

  • There, a few months ago, an administrative court ruled that students who had earned only a three-year university degree were nonetheless legally entitled to call themselves "dottore," or "doctor."

    Feeling Entitled? 2005

  • I look forward to the day when you will submit comments rising above your habit of addressing me as "dottore" or "Medical".

    timesofmalta.com 2009

  • I look forward to the day when you will submit comments rising above your habit of addressing me as "dottore" or "Medical".

    timesofmalta.com 2009

  • The local dottore was gentle with them, and reassuring (though one of them asked loudly, "Why are his eyes so weird?").

    Christina Ritch: Health Care Under the Tuscan Sun 2009

  • Among our family and guests, the dottore has tended to a skin sfogo (rash), hardened earwax, urinary tract and sinus infections, strange insect bites and migraine headaches.

    Christina Ritch: Health Care Under the Tuscan Sun 2009

  • "He must learn proper French and arithmetics and law and become a dottore at the university."

    In memory of absent friends Young Geoffrion 2008

  • "He must learn proper French and arithmetics and law and become a dottore at the university."

    Archive 2008-12-01 Young Geoffrion 2008

  • His voice was calm and pleasant and he addressed me with elaborate courtesy, bestowing the honorific of dottore, which, in Italy, denotes the highest respect.

    The Monster of Florence 2006

  • His voice was calm and pleasant and he addressed me with elaborate courtesy, bestowing the honorific of dottore, which, in Italy, denotes the highest respect.

    The Monster of Florence 2006

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