noun. One who has received a diploma, especially a physician certified as a specialist by a board of examiners.

To invest with a title or privilege by a diploma; diploma.

noun. One who holds a diploma.

transitive verb. To invest with a title or privilege by diploma.

noun. A professional who has earned a diploma.

verb. To give a diploma to.

noun. medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group

"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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