accoucheuse
/ French (akuʃøz) /
noun
a female obstetrician or midwife
Word Origin for accoucheuse
literally: one who is present at the bedside
Words nearby accoucheuse
accost,
accosted,
accouchement,
accoucheur,
accoucheur's hand,
accoucheuse,
account,
account book,
account current,
account day,
account executive
Example sentences from the Web for accoucheuse
If all our plans should suffer ship-wreck, then Roekmini will fit herself to be an accoucheuse.
Letters of a Javanese Princess |Raden Adjeng KartiniShe will become either an accoucheuse or a painter, but whichever she does she will do well.
Letters of a Javanese Princess |Raden Adjeng KartiniThe barber woman, on the other hand, is the accoucheuse and midwife of the village matrons.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar ThurstonSiebold was an accoucheuse who had attended at the births of both the children.
The Public Life of Queen Victoria |John McGilchrist