Ar'chi-ā'ter, n.

n. [Lat. archiatrus, Gr. ἀρχίατρος, from ἀρχί, prefix, and ἰατρός, physician, from ἰᾶσθαι, to heal.] Chief physician;—a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes, and to the first physician of some cities. P. Cyc.