feldsher

feldscher or feldschar

/ (ˈfɛldʃə) /

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noun

(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

Words nearby feldsher

feist, feisty, felafel, Feldene, Feldenkrais method, feldsher, feldspar, feldspathic, feldspathoid, Felice, Felicia

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How to use feldsher in a sentence

"Come, husband, praying is of little avail," answered his practical wife; "we must have a feldsher" (doctor).
Rabbi and Priest|Milton Goldsmith
The Jew was exhausted, hardly breathing, but that did not prevent the feldsher from cupping him twelve times.
Letters of Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov
I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.
Letters of Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov
"You are a Feldsher," I said, making use of the word which I had recently added to my vocabulary.
Russia|Donald Mackenzie Wallace

This first interview with the feldsher was, on the whole, satisfactory.
Russia|Donald Mackenzie Wallace