plural of head doctor

(informal) A psychiatrist.

(South Africa, obsolete, offensive) Synonym of witch doctor

plural of plague doctor

(European history) A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.

Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)

plural of spirit doctor

A spiritualist or medium. / A deceased doctor who continues healing practices from beyond the grave.

(now rare) A veterinarian who specialises in dogs. / (humorous) A dog who is also a doctor.

(especially Australia) A doctor who uses a light aircraft to visit patients, especially in remote and sparsely inhabited regions.