plague doctor

noun

A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.

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Meanings

nounplague doctor (plural plague doctors)

plural plague doctors

  1. EuropeanhistoryA physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.

Translations

Arabic طبيب الطاعون
  • طبيب الطاعونplague doctor
Chinese Cantonese 瘟疫医生
  • 瘟疫医生 (wan¹ jik⁶ ji¹ sang¹)plague doctor
Chinese Mandarin 瘟疫医生
  • 瘟疫医生 (wēnyì yīshēng)plague doctor
Japanese ペスト医師
  • ペスト医師 (pesuto ishi)plague doctor
Russian чумной доктор
  • чумной доктор (čumnoj doktor)plague doctor
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APA

plague doctor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plague%20doctor

MLA

“plague doctor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plague%20doctor. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plague doctor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plague%20doctor.

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