licentiate /laɪˈsɛnʃiət/ noun3 •A person who holds the academic degree of license. •One who has a licence to exercise a profession.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. — 1779 •One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.a Licentiate of Paris takes upon him to defend — 1640 formslicentiates