English Explanatory Dictionary

midwoman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A midwife.

Word forms

midwoman midwomen

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Middle English midwomman (attested as a hapax legomenon c. 1400). Alternatively, reformed as a blend of midwife + woman.

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