feldsher
feldscher or feldschar
/ (ˈfɛldʃə) /
noun
(in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
Nearby words
- feist,
- feisty,
- felafel,
- feldene,
- feldenkrais method,
- feldspar,
- feldspathic,
- feldspathoid,
- felice,
- felicia
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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Examples from the Web for feldsher
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"Come, husband, praying is of little avail," answered his practical wife; "we must have a feldsher" (doctor).
Rabbi and Priest|Milton GoldsmithThis first interview with the feldsher was, on the whole, satisfactory.
Russia|Donald Mackenzie Wallace"You are a Feldsher," I said, making use of the word which I had recently added to my vocabulary.
Russia|Donald Mackenzie Wallace