1. Someone who is skilled in, or professionally occupied with, the medical and surgical treatment of cattle and domestic animals; a veterinary surgeon.
2. A reference to a doctor who treats animals.
3. Etymology: from 1646, formed in English (perhaps by influence of French
veterinaire) from Latin
veterinarius, "of or having to do with beasts of burden"; also, "cattle doctor", from
veterinum, "beast of burden", maybe from
vetus,"old"; possibly from the notion of being "experienced", or being "one year old"; hence, strong enough to pull burdens.
Another theory connects it to Latin, vehere "to draw, to pull", based on the notion of "used as a draft animal".
A sign seen in a veterinarian’s office:
The doctor is in. Sit! Stay!
—Paul Harvey, radio broadcast, December 2, 1996.
Someone who gives much or undue attention to words.
1. Anyone who is rude, uncouth, distasteful, and obscene.
2. Someone who is a wealthy but lacks taste or a sense of reasonable moderation; especially, anyone whose vulgarity is the more conspicuous because of wealth, prominence, or pretensions to good breeding.