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man-midwives

man-midwives is the plural of man-midwife.

Meaning of man-midwife

Noun

man-midwife (plural man-midwives)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    midhusband

Questions about man-midwives

What is man-midwives the plural of?
Man-midwives is the plural of man-midwife.

Words near man-midwives in the dictionary

  1. man-markers
  2. man-marking
  3. man-marks
  4. man-meat
  5. man-midwife
  6. man-midwives
  7. man-milk
  8. man-minute
  9. man-minutes
  10. man-mode
  11. man-month

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