chirurgeon

American  

[kahy-rur-juhn] / kaɪˈrɜr dʒən /

noun

Archaic.

1. a surgeon.

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chirurgeon British  

/ kaɪˈrɜːdʒən /

noun

1. an archaic word for surgeon

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Other Word Forms

• chirurgery noun

Etymology

Origin of chirurgeon

1250–1300; < Latin chīrūr ( gus ) (< Greek cheirourgós hand-worker, surgeon; chiro-, demiurge ) + (sur)geon; replacing Middle English cirurgian < Old French cirurgien; surgeon

Example Sentences

But in the current American Journal of Surgery, two Cleveland doctors recommend a bloodletting technique so radical and daring that an oldtime chirurgeon would have paled at the thought of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

I would have him call her Chiron, the Centaur's own daughter: a chirurgeon by sire and dam, Apollo's own colt.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

"You are cared for by one who has greater skill than any chirurgeon in London," replied Baldred.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison

Send for a chirurgeon to dress Count Machiavel: He must be now our governor; the king Signed it in the dead governor's commission.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

“I have brought you a mixture which, though it cannot heal you, will, at least, allay your sufferings,” said the chirurgeon.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison