dentist

nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈdɛntɪst//

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

noun

1
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
Oh, you couldn't be married to a dentist. Don't be silly.
Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.
2
Variant of DengistDeliberate misspelling of Dengist.

Etymology

Etymology tree French dent Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French dentistebor. English dentist Borrowed from French dentiste.

Forms

plural: dentists

dent · A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced…Dent · A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness,…dental · Of or concerning the teeth.

dentist · A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

Denton · A number of places in England: A hamlet in Denton and…Denver · A number of places in the United States: The capital and…deny · To disallow or reject.

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