Meanings
- idiomaticplural of good doctor. An honorific form of address to a group of doctors.
Take heed, good doctors, having world-class training and clinical skills is not always enough to fend off potential legal action.
2008, Judy Capko (4 December 2008), "Have a risk management plan", Physicians Practice (retrieved 2017-10-25; archived from the original 2017-10-25)2 more examples
Oh, good Doctors, do arise, and but give us one more chance for breath, one more chance, that we may at least have the comfort of a genteel death!!
1883, "Our reviewers" (editorial), The Exponent, 1(5):100–102 (May 1883), page 101She smiled sweetly at Bryson and then turned to the men standing uncertainly nearby. “Yes, good doctors, what have you found?”
2005, Susan Carpenter (2005), Curse of the lyrestone: a Kingdom of Zhavahn novel, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA: iUniverse, Chapter 11, "Bryson"
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