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barber-surgeon
[ bahr-ber-sur-juhn ]
noun
- (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of barber-surgeon1
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Example Sentences
Finding himself scarcely able to stand, he at length appealed to a barber-surgeon, who drew 16 oz.
Is ninety-seven and three months, signor; a great age, truly, responded the barber-surgeon.
The son of a tailor, he obtained his first medical knowledge in the shop of a barber-surgeon.
Emboldened by success he entered a third, which it appeared belonged to the barber-surgeon of the village.
Mr. Elmwood also brought out a barber surgeon to see young Kenton, a thing which his sister would not have dared to propose.
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