accoucheur

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a physician specializing in obstetrics

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

obstetrician

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