feldsher

British  

/ ˈfɛldʃə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of feldsher

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

Example Sentences

One problem is money: an ambulance doctor with six years' schooling earns only $100 a month; a feldsher with four years' training is paid $90.

From Time Magazine Archive

They also carry a medical doctor and a feldsher, or medical assistant, a combination that makes treatment more readily available than it is in most U.S. emergency rooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance

It brought me into contact with the feldsher, and through him, after my recovery, I made the acquaintance of several peasants living in the village.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

You see I am the only man for twenty-five villages, apart from a feldsher who calls me "your honour," does not venture to smoke in my presence, and cannot take a step without me.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance