Plural of midwife

Forms of midwife

Midwives in a sentence

• Despite Richard's efforts to midwive his own narrative of legitimacy, the source of this legendary one cannot be controlled because it has moved from the mouths of nurses, midwives and gossips into the public domain.2017, Caroline Bicks, Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare’s England, page 123
• The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.From the entry crown
• Figures on the number of women choosing to freebirth are not collated, but researchers and midwives believe it's on the rise.2017 August 30, Josie Taylor, Rebecca Armitage, “The rise of freebirthing: 'If there was a death of my baby ... I was capable of…. From the entry freebirth
• Thus, the answer to the old question of whether man-midwives or midwives were the better birth attendants is not simple.2010, Mary Lindemann, Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe, page 268. From the entry man-midwife
• The Indian Vedas note midwives only delivered vertex presentations.2008, Caroline Peterson • Lorena Madrigal • Wendy Nembhard • Nancy Romero-Daza • David Himmelgreen • Getchew Dagne, Psycho-Socio-Cultural…. From the entry podalically

Meaning of midwife

1. noun A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
2. noun Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
3. verb To act as a midwife.

Full definition of midwife

Nouns ending in -fe: plural -ves

• wife (wives)
• knife (knives)
• housewife (housewives)
• afterlife (afterlives)

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Questions about the plural of midwife

What is the plural of midwife?

The plural of midwife is midwives.

Is midwife countable?

Midwife is a countable noun.