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feldsher

/ ˈfɛldʃə /

noun

  1. (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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).

The Jew was exhausted, hardly breathing, but that did not prevent the feldsher from cupping him twelve times.

I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.

"You are a Feldsher," I said, making use of the word which I had recently added to my vocabulary.

This first interview with the feldsher was, on the whole, satisfactory.

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