大だい博士はかせ

noun

distinguished scholar; holder of a higher doctorate

Archaic title for a highly accomplished scholar, roughly equivalent to a modern higher doctorate holder. Not used in contemporary Japanese academic titles.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいには、大だい博士はかせの称しょう号ごうが特とくに優すぐれた学がく者しゃに与あたえられた。

  In the Meiji period, the title of 大博士 was given to particularly distinguished scholars.