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
This was the name of an accoucheur god, whose priest went, when sent for, and prayed for the safety of the patient.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
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.
From Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing by Penn, Richard
He has the capable air of a surgeon, the swift, impersonal competence of an experienced accoucheur.
From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William
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