Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun schweitzer

1 sense of schweitzer

Sense 1
Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer -- (French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965))
       INSTANCE OF=> missionary, missioner -- (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)
       INSTANCE OF=> doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico -- (a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor")
       INSTANCE OF=> organist -- (a person who plays an organ)