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dr. watson

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
dr. wat-son
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of Watson (“Any character who acts as a catalyst for the detective protagonist's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that is privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”)

Inflected Forms

Dr. Watsons (plural)

Questions

What does dr. watson mean?
Alternative form of Watson (“Any character who acts as a catalyst for the detective protagonist's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that is privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”)

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