accoucheuse
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of accoucheuse
literally: one who is present at the bedside
Example Sentences
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For the parents were quite inexperienced, and Mrs. Puddiphatt was an accoucheuse of the sixties, and the newborn child was near to dying in the bedroom without anybody being aware of the fact.
From A Great Man A Frolic by Bennett, Arnold
She has been chief accoucheuse in the Royal Hospital of Berlin, and possesses a certificate of her superiority from the Board of Directors of that institution.
From A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia by Dall, Caroline Healey
And I thought, too, of a certain accoucheuse named Velikova who had been a comely, but reputedly gay, woman.
From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.
The accoucheuse of a small village in Wales was one night aroused by a carriage driving furiously through it, and stopping at her door.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 by Various
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