accoucheur

[ak-oo-shur, a-koo-shœr]

noun

plural

accoucheurs 

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

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

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

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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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