[a. F. archiatre, ad. L. archiātrus, Gr. ἀρχίᾱτρος, f. ἀρχι- chief + ἰᾱτρός physician.] The chief physician, esp. the one appointed to attend a monarch.
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav., 233 (T.). The advice and help of archiater, the king’s doctor.
1879. J. Grant, in Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 96/1. The title of Archiater, or Dean to the College of Physicians.
