feldsher

feldscher or feldschar

/ (ˈfɛldʃə) /


noun
  1. (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant

Origin of feldsher

1
C19: Russian, from German Feldscher a field surgeon, from Feld field + Scherer surgeon, from scheren to shear

Words Nearby feldsher

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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