English Explanatory Dictionary

accoucheur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).

Pronunciation

/ˌæ.kuˈʃɝ/ /ˌæ.kuˈʃɜː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accoucheur.wav

Word forms

accoucheur accoucheurs

Etymology

Attested since 1727. Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“to place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“to put, place, set”). See accouchement.

Synonyms

midwife man-midwife

Related words

collocation couch midwife obstetrician obstetrics

Derived words

accoucheurship
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