Dr.

E950005

academic title honorific title professional title

"Dr." is a formal honorific title used to denote an individual who has earned a doctoral-level degree or is a licensed medical practitioner.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dr. canonical	4
Dottore (Italian legal honorific)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic title ⓘ honorific title ⓘ professional title ⓘ
abbreviationOf	Doctor ⓘ
associatedWithField	academic research ⓘ dentistry ⓘ medicine ⓘ pharmacy ⓘ psychology ⓘ veterinary medicine ⓘ
contrastsWith	Mr. ⓘ Mrs. ⓘ Ms. ⓘ Prof. ⓘ
denotesQualification	doctoral degree ⓘ medical license ⓘ
domain	forms of address ⓘ titles and honorifics ⓘ
etymology	derived from Latin 'doctor' meaning 'teacher' ⓘ
followsNameFormat	Dr. + Given Name + Surname ⓘ
hasGenderForm	gender-neutral ⓘ
orthography	includes trailing period in American English ⓘ often written without period in British English ⓘ
positionInName	before personal name ⓘ
relatedTo	Doctor of Dental Surgery ⓘ Doctor of Medicine ⓘ Doctor of Pharmacy ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Doctor of Veterinary Medicine ⓘ
requires	completion of doctoral-level education (in academic context) ⓘ professional medical qualification (in clinical context) ⓘ
semanticRole	indicates authority in a field ⓘ indicates expertise ⓘ
usedAs	marker of academic achievement ⓘ marker of professional status ⓘ
usedFor	holders of professional doctorates ⓘ holders of research doctorates ⓘ licensed medical practitioners ⓘ persons with doctoral-level degrees ⓘ
usedIn	English language NERFINISHED ⓘ many Western countries ⓘ
usedInContext	academic settings ⓘ formal communication ⓘ professional settings ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ursula Franklin → hasHonorificTitle → Dr. ⓘ

William G. Anderson → hasHonorificPrefix → Dr. ⓘ

Amazing Grace → hasHonorificTitle → Dr. ⓘ

subject surface form: Grace Hopper

George W. Truett → religiousTitle → Dr. ⓘ

Francesco Saverio Borrelli → hasHonorific → Dr. ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dottore (Italian legal honorific)