chirurgeon
/kaɪˈɹɜːdʒən/
chirurgeon noun: a doctor or surgeon.
Noun
chirurgeon (plural chirurgeons)
- A doctor or surgeon.
- Let every Physicton or Chirurgeon therefore rule him after this, and well and exactly knowe, and searche the cause of the Disease, that he may more certaynly knowe how to heale the patient.1561, Hieronymus Brunschwig trans. Jhon Hollybush[sic] (pseudonym of Miles Coverdale), A most excellent and perfecte homily apothecarye.... Arnold Birckman, Collen (Cologne). Page 6 verso, section Of...
- At noon to the 'Change, and there long, and from thence by appointment took Luellin, Mount, and W. Symons, and Mr. Pierce, the chirurgeon, home to dinner with me and were merry.1664 January 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 8th, 1663–1664”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
chirurgeon meaning in Tamil
chirurgeon in Tamil
- அறுவை மருத்துவர்
Examples of chirurgeon in a sentence
- If I chance to be hang'd, being a luſty Sinewy Fellow, the Corporation of Barber-Chirurgeons, may be, beg me for an Anatomy, to ſet up in their Hall.1728, Thomas Otway, “The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Solider's Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume 2, London, page...
- Noting that there was something amiss, he had hurried down for a skilled chirurgeon, whom he brought out to us under an escort of scythesmen.1889, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter XXXI, in Micah Clarke: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co […], →OCLC:
- And when he had come there the King's chirurgeon presently attended upon him - albeit his wounds were of such a sort he might not hope to live for a very long while.1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Part II, Chapter First, page 56
- We have not come far from ignorance; denied the telephone and the text book, a medieval chirurgeon was a titan of science compared to me.1943, Louis Paul [pseudonym; Leroi Placet], chapter 5, in This Is My Brother, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, page 99:
Forms of chirurgeon
| plural | chirurgeons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chirurgian |
| alternative form | chirurgion |
| alternative form | chyrurgeon |
Origin of chirurgeon
From Middle English cirurgien, borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, itself borrowed from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus or formed from the root of cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of surgeon.
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Questions about chirurgeon
- What does chirurgeon mean?
- Chirurgeon means a doctor or surgeon.
- What is chirurgeon in Tamil?
- Chirurgeon in Tamil is அறுவை மருத்துவர். See Chirurgeon meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use chirurgeon in a sentence?
- If I chance to be hang'd, being a luſty Sinewy Fellow, the Corporation of Barber-Chirurgeons, may be, beg me for an Anatomy, to ſet up in their Hall.
- What part of speech is chirurgeon?
- Chirurgeon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chirurgeon?
- Chirurgeon is pronounced /kaɪˈɹɜːdʒən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chirurgeon?
- The plural of chirurgeon is chirurgeons.
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