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accoucheuse

/ akuʃøz /

noun

literally: one who is present at the bedside

Siebold was an accoucheuse who had attended at the births of both the children.

The barber woman, on the other hand, is the accoucheuse and midwife of the village matrons.

If all our plans should suffer ship-wreck, then Roekmini will fit herself to be an accoucheuse.

She will become either an accoucheuse or a painter, but whichever she does she will do well.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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