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

I would have him call her Chiron, the Centaur's own daughter: a chirurgeon by sire and dam, Apollo's own colt.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

"At thy service, my lord—barber, chirurgeon, apothecary, having been duly examined and licensed by the great John Pitart, surgeon of the Ch�telet of Paris."

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

I did all I could for him, but I'm just a chirurgeon, not a practitioner of the Healing Art.

From The Eyes Have It by Garrett, Randall

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)