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Definition of physician : 1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.
2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.

Synonyms:

doctor, clinician, medic, medico, Md, cardiologist, doc, medical student, anesthetist, atomic number 101, analyst, doctor of medicine, anaesthetist, croaker, dermatologist, consultant, anesthesiologist, coroner, surgeon, sawbones, mendelevium, chiropractor, Dr.

Usage examples:

• " Then I resolved to be a physician. - "Rose of Dutcher's Coolly", Hamlin Garland.
• I don't understand what excuse she has, though, with a physician for her husband. - "The Quality of Mercy", W. D. Howells.
• He waited an hour, then went to the room where slept the secretary and the physician. - "Foes", Mary Johnston.