doctorling

plural doctorlings

1. derogatoryA minor, subordinate, or inferior doctor

   Such is the infallible decision of our German "theologasters" and doctorlings.

   1853, The Protestant Quarterly Review, volume 10, page 109

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   That last dreadful clause destroyed the fair vision of each sanguine and sanguinary doctorling, of a “free blow," at lectures and a five dollar diploma.

   1861, Vanity Fair, volume 3, page 6