man-midwife
man-midwife noun: an accoucheur; a male midwife.
Noun
man-midwife (plural man-midwives)
- An accoucheur; a male midwife
- She was daughter to a man-midwife; — and all that has been urged upon the former caſe, is equally referable to this one also.1775, Laurence Sterne, The Koran, Chapter XXXVII: The Man-Midwife, The Works of Laurence Sterne, page 75
- 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.1835 May 30, Evidence of Mr, Guthrie before the Parliamentary Medical Committee, The Lancet for 1834-35, Volume 2, page 287
- Synonyms:
- midhusband
Synonyms of man-midwife
Forms of man-midwife
| plural | man-midwives |
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Words formed from man-midwife
- man-midwifery
Questions about man-midwife
- What does man-midwife mean?
- Man-midwife means an accoucheur; a male midwife.
- What part of speech is man-midwife?
- Man-midwife is a noun.
- What is the plural of man-midwife?
- The plural of man-midwife is man-midwives.
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