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midwives

midwives is the plural of midwife.

midwives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of midwife.

Meaning of midwife

Noun

midwife (plural midwives)

  1. A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
    • A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
  2. (figuratively, rare) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
    • He had not read it, but he said that every detail in it was true. This struck me as a rather cavalier attitude to truth, but hatred is not the midwife of caution or accuracy.2012, Theodore Dalrymple, The Wilder Shores of Marx: Journeys in a Vanishing World

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Questions about midwives

What is midwives the plural of?
Midwives is the plural of midwife.

Words near midwives in the dictionary

  1. midwits
  2. midwittery
  3. midwive
  4. midwived
  5. midwivery
  6. midwives
  7. midwiving
  8. midwoman
  9. midwomen
  10. Midwood
  11. midwoof

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