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Webster 1913 Edition

Archiater

Ar′chi-aˊter

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Noun.
[L.
archiatrus
, Gr. [GREEK]; pref. [GREEK] + [GREEK] physician, [GREEK] to heal.]
Chief physician; – a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities.
P. Cyc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Archiater

ARCH'IATER

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Noun.
[Gr. chief, and physician.] Chief physician; a word used in Russia.

Definition 2024

archiater

archiater

English

Noun

archiater ‎(plural archiaters)

  1. (historical) Formerly, in continental Europe, the chief physician of a prince or city.
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Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • archiatrus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός ‎(arkhiatrós), from ἀρχι- ‎(arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ ἰατρός ‎(iatrós, “doctor”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.kʰiːˈaː.ter/, [ar.kʰiːˈaː.tɛr]

Noun

archīāter m ‎(genitive archīātrī); second declension

  1. physician, especially a chief physician of a ruler.

Descendants

References

  • archiater in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • archiater in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From French archiâtre, from Latin archiater. Compare arch-, iatro-.

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