accoucheur

[ak-oo-shur; French a-koo-shœr]

noun, plural ac·cou·cheurs [ak-oo-shurz; French a-koo-shœr] /ˌæk uˈʃɜrz; French a kuˈʃœr/.

a person who assists during childbirth, especially an obstetrician.

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Origin of accoucheur

From French, dating back to 1750–60; see origin at accouchement, -eur

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Examples from the Web for accoucheur

The disadvantages of the method are entirely with the accoucheur and not to the mother or child.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
When they are so impacted as to prevent the delivery being completed, the accoucheur must interfere.
The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed|Frederick Hollick
His fee as accoucheur on these occasions was, I believe, a considerable one.
The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I|James H. Mapleson
There is, it is said, a great Queen in Europe who has an accoucheur of whom she never makes use.
Hints to Husbands|George Morant

Its position must therefore be changed, and the accoucheur must know how to change it with advantage.
The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed|Frederick Hollick

British Dictionary definitions for accoucheur

accoucheur

noun

a male obstetrician or midwife

Word Origin for accoucheur

literally: one who is present at the bedside

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Word Origin and History for accoucheur

accoucheur

1759, "midwife" (properly, "male midwife"), from French accoucheur (Jules Clément, later 17c.), agent noun from accoucher "to go to childbed, be delivered" (13c.) originally simply "to lie down" (12c.), from Old French culcher "to lie," from Latin collocare, from com- "with" (see com-) + locare "to place" (see locate). The fem. is accoucheuse (1847).