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childwife

childwife noun: a woman being churched after childbirth.

Noun

childwife (plural childwives)

  1. (historical) A woman being churched after childbirth.

Forms of childwife

pluralchildwives

Origin of childwife

child + wife

Questions about childwife

What does childwife mean?
Childwife means a woman being churched after childbirth.
What part of speech is childwife?
Childwife is a noun.
What is the plural of childwife?
The plural of childwife is childwives.

Words near childwife in the dictionary

  1. childsplay
  2. Childswickham
  3. childtime
  4. Childwall
  5. childwear
  6. childwife
  7. childwives
  8. chile
  9. chile con carne
  10. chile con queso
  11. chile pepper

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