Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who has received a diploma, especially a physician certified as a specialist by a board of examiners.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds a diploma.
- To invest with a title or privilege by a diploma; diploma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To invest with a title or privilege by diploma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
professional who has earned adiploma . - verb To give a diploma to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group
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Examples
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Thus being a "diplomate" of the National Board of Medical Examiners means nothing more than the fact that the doctor has passed a standard licensing exam.
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Ce diplomate a rencontré à plusieurs reprises le Colonel Rakotonandrasana, le chef des mutins devenu Ministre de la défense
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The photographs in the study were further evaluated by an outside, unpaid diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, who was “blinded,” not informed of the modality used to achieve the results.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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She is have the diplomate, schollar, leader that Hillary is.
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The photographs in the study were further evaluated by an outside, unpaid diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, who was “blinded,” not informed of the modality used to achieve the results.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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This isn't a comment that a statesman, a diplomate would make.
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On the other hand, if you stick it out, you'll be in the very bottom of the diplomate group, but will be treated as a median graduate.
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She was a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, a fellow of the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association, and a member of numerous other professional organizations.
Sophie Rabinoff. 2009
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He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (certified in endocrinology and metabolism) and is clinical professor of medicine emeritus at New York medical College.
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He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (certified in endocrinology and metabolism) and is clinical professor of medicine emeritus at New York medical College.
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