feldsher
feldscher or feldschar
- (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
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Word Origin for feldsher
C19: Russian, from German Feldscher a field surgeon, from Feld field + Scherer surgeon, from scheren to shear
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Historical Examples of feldsher
"You are a Feldsher," I said, making use of the word which I had recently added to my vocabulary.
RussiaDonald Mackenzie Wallace
This first interview with the feldsher was, on the whole, satisfactory.
RussiaDonald Mackenzie Wallace
The Jew was exhausted, hardly breathing, but that did not prevent the feldsher from cupping him twelve times.
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
"Come, husband, praying is of little avail," answered his practical wife; "we must have a feldsher" (doctor).
Rabbi and PriestMilton Goldsmith