feldsher
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of feldsher
C19: Russian, from German Feldscher a field surgeon, from Feld field + Scherer surgeon, from scheren to shear
Example Sentences
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One problem is money: an ambulance doctor with six years' schooling earns only $100 a month; a feldsher with four years' training is paid $90.
From Time Magazine Archive
They also carry a medical doctor and a feldsher, or medical assistant, a combination that makes treatment more readily available than it is in most U.S. emergency rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance
It brought me into contact with the feldsher, and through him, after my recovery, I made the acquaintance of several peasants living in the village.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
You see I am the only man for twenty-five villages, apart from a feldsher who calls me "your honour," does not venture to smoke in my presence, and cannot take a step without me.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance
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