doctora

/doɡˈtoɾa/ · B1 · noun · f

wife

doctora — wife

doctor + -a: old usage for the doctor's wife, like Mrs. Doctor

Spanish adds -a to doctor to make it feminine. In older, colloquial usage that feminine form named the doctor's wife rather than a woman doctor, the same way some titles once passed to the spouse. Today doctora normally means a female doctor.

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