psychiatrist

[si-kahy-uh-trist, sahy-] /sɪˈkaɪ ə trɪst, saɪ-/

noun

a physician who practices psychiatry.

Origin

Can be confused

Examples from the web for psychiatrist

My depressed friend's psychiatrist prescribes her a drug that makes it difficult to get out of bed.
He's become a driving psychiatrist of sorts, a traffic confessor.
The next morning he had an emergency appointment with his psychiatrist.
At one point, when a psychiatrist was called, he objected.
Schwartz is a psychiatrist and a long-time libertarian.
Any country contemplating entry into the euro zone at this point in time should see a qualified psychiatrist first.
It seems only a certified psychiatrist is qualified to foresee what this newspaper will come up with next.
One reportedly told his psychiatrist that goats were talking to him.
One doctor suggested he might have emotional problems and referred him to a psychiatrist.
In addition, he is being treated now by a forensic psychiatrist.

Word Origin and History for psychiatrist

1875, from psychiatry + -ist.

A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies Bergère and looks at the audience. [Anglican Bishop Mervyn Stockwood, 1961]

An older name was mad-doctor (1703); also psychiater "expert in mental diseases" (1852), from Greek psyche + iatros. Also cf. alienist.

psychiatrist in Medicine

psychiatrist psy·chi·a·trist (sĭ-kī'ə-trĭst, sī-)
n.
A physician who specializes in psychiatry.