accoucheur

[ ak-oo-shur; French a-koo-shœr ]

noun

, plural ac·cou·cheurs [ak-oo-, shurz, a, -koo-, shœr].

1. a person who assists during childbirth, especially an obstetrician.

accoucheur

/ akuʃœr /

noun

1. a male obstetrician or midwife

Word History and Origins

Origin of accoucheur¹

From French, dating back to 1750–60; accouchement, -eur

Word History and Origins

Origin of accoucheur¹

literally: one who is present at the bedside

Example Sentences

Un Chirurgien Accoucheur, represente à Messieurs les Docteurs de Sorbonne, qu’il y a des cas, quoique très rares, où une mere ne sçauroit accoucher, & même où l’enfant est tellement renfermé 45 dans le sein de sa mere, qu’il ne fait parôitre aucune partie de son corps, ce qui seroit un cas, suivant les Rituels, de lui conférer, du moins sous condition, le baptême.

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Sir Richard Croft, a fashionable accoucheur of that time, was in attendance upon her with other physicians.

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In the puerperal state it is dreaded by every accoucheur.

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It is only in exceptional cases that it is scarlatinous, and there is little danger that the accoucheur, engaged in general practice and visiting scarlatinous patients, will communicate scarlet fever through his person or clothing if he exercise proper precautions.

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William Hunter, then accoucheur to Queen Charlotte, and in good general practice as a physician, was in possession of the little family property of Long Calderwood in Lanarkshire; and being himself confined to London by his professional duties, he invited his sister and her family to reside at his house there during the summer months.

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