chirurgeon

[ kahy-rur-juhn ]

nounArchaic.

a surgeon.

Origin of chirurgeon

1250–1300; <Latin chīrūr(gus) (<Greek cheirourgós hand-worker, surgeon; see chiro-, demiurge) + (sur)geon; replacing Middle English cirurgian<Old French cirurgien;see surgeon

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How to use chirurgeon in a sentence

But I feel so anxious,” said Roy; “my mother is not a chirurgeon.
The Young Castellan | George Manville Fenn
"I have studied in the school of Fallopius, the chirurgeon of Padua," the scholar answered coldly.
The Long Night | Stanley Weyman
Then she wrote as if to her chirurgeon and apothecary, explaining her sickness and requiring drugs.
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland | John Knox
The chirurgeon turned to the Queen and Bertrade de Montfort.
The Outlaw of Torn | Edgar Rice Burroughs
And though Dublin hath formerly swarmed with Papists, I know none (now) there but one, who is a chirurgeon, and a peaceable man.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James Godkin

British Dictionary definitions for chirurgeon

chirurgeon

/ (kaɪˈrɜːdʒən) /

noun

an archaic word for surgeon

Origin of chirurgeon

C13: from Old French cirurgeon

Derived forms of chirurgeon

chirurgery, noun

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