博はく士し
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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. doctor; PhD; Dr.
Kanji used
Pitch accent
はくし
Composed of
博はく
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
Suffix
士し
practitioner; specialist; professional; person (esp. one licensed in a certain profession); -er; -or; -ian; -ist; man (esp. one who is well-respected)
Suffix
Used in vocabulary
商しょう学がく博はく士し
Doctor of Commercial Science
Noun
博はく士し号ごう
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
Noun
医い学がく博はく士し
doctor of medicine; MD
Noun
博はく士し論ろん文ぶん
doctoral dissertation; doctoral thesis
Noun
文ぶん学がく博はく士し
Doctor of Literature
Noun
工こう学がく博はく士し
Doctor of Engineering
Noun
理り学がく博はく士し
Doctor of Science; DSc
Noun
論ろん文ぶん博はく士し
doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) by thesis only
Noun
課か程てい博はく士し
doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) after completing a course of study
Noun
哲てつ学がく博はく士し
doctor of philosophy; PhD
Noun
Examples1
In 1972, Dr. Francine Patterson started to teach sign language to Koko.