chirurgeon
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Etymology
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; surgeon
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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
"You are cared for by one who has greater skill than any chirurgeon in London," replied Baldred.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth
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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Why hast thou not brought the jelly with thee, if she has not eaten it all, and those cates, which Master Pilchard, the chirurgeon, ordered her?
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
“I will leave it with you, at all events,” rejoined the chirurgeon, setting down the phial.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
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