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barefoot doctor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
bare-foot -doc-tor
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.

Etymology

Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China working barefoot in rice paddies.

Inflected Forms

barefoot doctors (plural)

Questions

What does barefoot doctor mean?
A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.
Where does barefoot doctor come from?
Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China working barefoot in rice paddies.

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