country doctor

/ˌkʌntri ˌdɑktər/
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Other forms: country doctors

Definitions of country doctor
  1. noun
    a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital
    “do country doctors still make house calls?”
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    type of:
    GP, general practitioner
    a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
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