chirurgeon

American  

[kahy-rur-juhn] / kaɪˈrɜr dʒən /

noun

Archaic.

1. a surgeon.

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chirurgeon British  

/ kaɪˈrɜːdʒən /

noun

1. an archaic word for surgeon

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Other Word Forms

• chirurgery noun

Etymology

Origin of chirurgeon

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

Example Sentences

But in the current American Journal of Surgery, two Cleveland doctors recommend a bloodletting technique so radical and daring that an oldtime chirurgeon would have paled at the thought of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thomas was the forester of Newbattle Park, Gavin was a baker, John a maltman, Francis a chirurgeon, and “Schir William” a priest.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Sir Walter Manny himself also came frequently to see how fared the forerunner of his arrival, and brought with him his own chirurgeon to attend the two.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The acquaintance being formed, and mutual confidence established between the parties, the Duke assumed the office of chirurgeon to the royal beast, and laboriously picked out the thorn from his foot.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

Master Blackwood, the chirurgeon, tended me with the utmost care, though at the time I feared his remedies more than I did the disorder.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)