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An accoucheur; a male midwife
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1775, Laurence Sterne, The Koran, Chapter XXXVII: The Man-Midwife, The Works of Laurence Sterne, page 75, She was daughter to a man-midwife; — and all that has been urged upon the former case, is equally referable to this one also.
- 1835 May 30, Evidence of Mr, Guthrie before the Parliamentary Medical Committee, The Lancet for 1834-35, Volume 2, page 287, It is the same with the man-midwife ; he has no time to devote to surgery ; if he has time, he has no means of improving his knowledge in it.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
llevador
— man who assists women in childbirth
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Catalan:
parterot
— man who assists women in childbirth
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French:
sage-femme homme
— man who assists women in childbirth
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French:
accoucheur
— man who assists women in childbirth
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German:
Entbindungspfleger
— man who assists women in childbirth
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German:
Geburtshelfer
— man who assists women in childbirth
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German:
Entbindungshelfer
— man who assists women in childbirth
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Romanian:
mamoș
— man who assists women in childbirth
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Romanian:
obstetrician
— man who assists women in childbirth
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Russian:
акуше́р
(akušér)
— man who assists women in childbirth
