accoucheur
Americannoun
plural
accoucheursnoun
Etymology
Origin of accoucheur
From French, dating back to 1750–60; see origin at accouchement, -eur
Example Sentences
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Once an accoucheur, the patient, fumbling Tewfik wears high-powered spectacles with the thickest lenses in all Turkey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the Egyptian Government reacted by sending a sharp note to Angora, demanded an apology from Turkish Foreign Minister Dr. Tewfik Rushdi who used to be an accoucheur.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a skeleton in every house, a secret in every family; and too often the doctor, midwife, and accoucheur have to be treated publicly, socially, and pecuniarily in accordance with this fact.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
The accoucheur at a subsequent moment withdrew Napoleon from the couch, and demanded whether, in case one life must be sacrificed, he should prefer the mother's or the child's.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
A logical Yankee mind operates as an accoucheur to bring that to daylight with which the events are pregnant.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
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