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feldsher

feldscher or feldschar

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

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

  • "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

  • The Jew was exhausted, hardly breathing, but that did not prevent the feldsher from cupping him twelve times.

  • I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.

  • "Come, husband, praying is of little avail," answered his practical wife; "we must have a feldsher" (doctor).

    Rabbi and Priest

    Milton Goldsmith