Definition of doctorate
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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The partnership is natural, Lane notes, because university founder Mary McLeod Bethune received an honorary doctorate degree from Rollins College, where the Bach Festival Society is based.
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Bachelor’s degree in music from Wayne State, a master's degree from Michigan State University, and a doctorate in musical arts from the University of Southern California.
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Waldrop interviewed eight female Marine Corps generals as part of her doctorate dissertation at the University of San Diego.
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Foreman said Satcher worked on a doctorate in chemical engineering at MIT and a medical degree at Harvard University at the same time.
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Greitens, a Navy SEAL and Rhodes Scholar with a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and a doctorate in refugee studies, was the country’s second-youngest governor at 43 and getting presidential buzz before the allegations first emerged.
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Mehlman received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University and her Juris doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law and her master of laws in taxation from the New York University School of Law.
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Stephanie Ham, who received a doctorate degree in biomedical engineering from The University of Akron in 2017, won the 2017 competition.
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In most districts, a teacher with a doctorate degree and 30 years' experience will never make more than $50,000 a year.
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First Known Use of doctorate
1570
DOCTORATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of doctorate for English Language Learners
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: the highest degree that is given by a university
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