Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A medical man; a physician.
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Examples
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A woman of less consequence than Lady Ashton had not dared to take such a step; but her high rank and strength of character set her above the censure of the world, and she was allowed to have selected for her daughter's attendant the best and most experienced sick-nurse and "mediciner" in the neighbourhood, where an inferior person would have fallen under the reproach of calling in the assistance of a partner and ally of the great Enemy of mankind.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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“Heaven smiles on us, my trusty friend,” he said to the mediciner.
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Catharine, this morning I was practising your death; but methinks I now rejoice that you may survive to tell how the poor mediciner, the pill gilder, the mortar pounder, the poison vender, met his fate, in company with the gallant Knight of
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“He, he! your honour is pleasant,” said the mediciner.
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I say follow (for she hesitated), unless you prefer being left to the mercies of the brute Bonthron and the mediciner Henbane
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While the mediciner was thus indulging his diabolical musing, and passing, in his creeping manner, along the street, the cry of females was heard behind him.
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“There is no room for pardon where offence must not be taken,” answered the mediciner.
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So saying, the mediciner left the room, his usual mean and shuffling gait elevating itself into something more noble, as conscious of a victory over his imperious patient.
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“It may be kept secret for a time,” said the mediciner.
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“That is spoke like yourself, noble knight!” answered the mediciner.
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