Definition of "licentiate" in Englisch

noun

1. A person who holds the academic degree of license.

2. One who has a licence to exercise a profession.

   • a licentiate in medicine or theology
   • 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Samuel Garth" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighbouring poor.

3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.