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feldsher
/ ˈfɛldʃə /
noun
- (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feldsher1
C19: Russian, from German Feldscher a field surgeon, from Feld field + Scherer surgeon, from scheren to shear
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Example Sentences
"Come, husband, praying is of little avail," answered his practical wife; "we must have a feldsher" (doctor).
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The Jew was exhausted, hardly breathing, but that did not prevent the feldsher from cupping him twelve times.
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I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.
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"You are a Feldsher," I said, making use of the word which I had recently added to my vocabulary.
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This first interview with the feldsher was, on the whole, satisfactory.
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