Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - midwife
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Midwife
midwife
I. noun Etymology: Middle English midwif, from mid with (from Old English) + wif woman Date: 14th century 1. a person who assists women in childbirth — compare nurse-~ 2. one that helps to produce or bring forth something II. transitive verb (~d or midwived; midwifing or midwiving) Date: 1638 to assist in producing, bringing forth, or bringing about
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n. (pl. -wives) a person (usu. a woman) trained to assist women in childbirth. Derivatives midwifery n. Etymology: ME, prob. f. obs. prep. mid with + WIFE woman, in the sense of 'one who is with the mother' ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(midwives) A midwife is a nurse who is trained to deliver babies and to advise pregnant women. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n plural midwives, a specially trained nurse, usually a woman, whose job is to help women when they are having a baby ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., lit. "woman assisting," from M.E. mid "with" + wif "woman." Cognate with Ger. Beifrau. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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