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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
“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 accoucheur1

From French, dating back to 1750–60; accouchement, -eur
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Word History and Origins

Origin of accoucheur1

literally: one who is present at the bedside
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Example Sentences

Love-philtres were also regarded from a medicinal point of view, and the strange doings of quack accoucheurs are not less absurdly terrible.

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

In the puerperal state it is dreaded by every accoucheur.

Her choice of an accoucheur fell upon Dr. Sir Richard Croft, as he was considered the most able and skilful man in his profession.

A sub-inventor of this sort often views the result of his labour with all the pride of a mother, when he is only entitled to the praise due to an accoucheur.

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