childwifen.

(in senses 1 and 2)Brit.

/ˈtʃʌɪldwʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈtʃaɪldˌwaɪf/ (in sense 3)Brit.

/ˈtʃʌɪldˌwʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈtʃaɪldˌwaɪf/

Forms: see child n. and wife n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., wife n.

Etymology: < child n. + wife n.With sense 2 compare the Old English attestation of cildiung wif discussed at childing n.

1. A midwife. rare (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]

midwifec1300

childwifea1387

midwomana1400

Lucinac1405

matron?a1425

grace-wifec1600

Mother Midnight1602

headswoman1615

handwoman1637

sage woman1672

howdie1725

accoucheur1727

granny1738

obstetrix1773

accoucheuse1795

dukun1817

fingersmith1819

wise woman1821

obstetrician1826

obstetrist1873

tocologist1902

birth attendant1910

S.C.M.1935

monitrice1969

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 425 Bi þe counsaile of a childe wyf [L. obstetricis consilio].

2003 M. Hayward in B. Burman & C. Turbin Material Strategies i. iii. 43 The role of the..child wife was acknowledged at St Ethelburga.

2. A woman in labour, or who has recently given birth. Now rare (literary and historical).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > woman in labour or childbirth

travailera1425

childwife1485

1485 Inventory in J. M. Cowper Accts. Churchwardens St. Dunstan's, Canterbury (?1886) p. xii J candlestyke to stonde afore childwyfez.

1499 Will of William Frere (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/11) f. 298 To the Ch. of S. Marg. Southw^k ij cusshones of arras worke for childe wife to sitt & knele vppon.

a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 136 The Kinge..held the Childwyfes Backe, while she had brought forth the Chylde, and was her Mydwyfe.

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxiii. f. 45^v Let vs go..to visite the childwife, and to gratulate the father.

1636 Churchwardens' Accts. Cundal in Notes & Queries (1867) 3rd Ser. 11 138/2 A childwife pew..26s. 8d. Note. The childwife pew we take to be the ‘some convenient place’ of the rubric where the woman was to kneel in church at the time of her thanksgiving after child-birth.

1760 tr. A. De La Sale Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony iii. 32 The child-wife hearing all this, begins to weep.

1903 J. Miller As it was in Beginning ix. xxxvi. 73 The child that cries, child-wife that dies Ere yet the soul has waked to see The weaklings that may linger.

2008 K. L. French Good Women of Parish ii. 63 Some parishes had special vestments, which further identified the childwife's liminal status.

3. Chiefly in form child-wife. A wife who is still a child; a very young wife.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > very young wife

childwife1661

1661 T. Fuller Andronicus v. viii. 89 Nuptial rites were suddenly dispatch't To a boy husband, a child wife was married, Our ages put together could not spell Thirty.

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xliv. 456 ‘Will you call me a name I want you to call me?’ inquired Dora... ‘Child-wife.’

1861 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxv, in Monthly Packet Oct. 340 Mary of England, the child-wife of Montfort.

1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 270 Even a child-wife must grow up.

2008 BFI Southbank Programme Guide (Brit. Film Inst.) Nov. 44/1 In the Deep South, the child-wife of a middle-age cotton miller is seduced by her husband's revenge-seeking rival.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	childwife
释义	childwifen. (in senses 1 and 2)Brit. /ˈtʃʌɪldwʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪldˌwaɪf/ (in sense 3)Brit. /ˈtʃʌɪldˌwʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪldˌwaɪf/ Forms: see child n. and wife n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., wife n. Etymology: < child n. + wife n.With sense 2 compare the Old English attestation of cildiung wif discussed at childing n. 1. A midwife. rare (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] midwifec1300 childwifea1387 midwomana1400 Lucinac1405 matron?a1425 grace-wifec1600 Mother Midnight1602 headswoman1615 handwoman1637 sage woman1672 howdie1725 accoucheur1727 granny1738 obstetrix1773 accoucheuse1795 dukun1817 fingersmith1819 wise woman1821 obstetrician1826 obstetrist1873 tocologist1902 birth attendant1910 S.C.M.1935 monitrice1969 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 425 Bi þe counsaile of a childe wyf [L. obstetricis consilio]. 2003 M. Hayward in B. Burman & C. Turbin Material Strategies i. iii. 43 The role of the..child wife was acknowledged at St Ethelburga. 2. A woman in labour, or who has recently given birth. Now rare (literary and historical). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > woman in labour or childbirth travailera1425 childwife1485 1485 Inventory in J. M. Cowper Accts. Churchwardens St. Dunstan's, Canterbury (?1886) p. xii J candlestyke to stonde afore childwyfez. 1499 Will of William Frere (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/11) f. 298 To the Ch. of S. Marg. Southw^k ij cusshones of arras worke for childe wife to sitt & knele vppon. a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 136 The Kinge..held the Childwyfes Backe, while she had brought forth the Chylde, and was her Mydwyfe. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxiii. f. 45^v Let vs go..to visite the childwife, and to gratulate the father. 1636 Churchwardens' Accts. Cundal in Notes & Queries (1867) 3rd Ser. 11 138/2 A childwife pew..26s. 8d. Note. The childwife pew we take to be the ‘some convenient place’ of the rubric where the woman was to kneel in church at the time of her thanksgiving after child-birth. 1760 tr. A. De La Sale Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony iii. 32 The child-wife hearing all this, begins to weep. 1903 J. Miller As it was in Beginning ix. xxxvi. 73 The child that cries, child-wife that dies Ere yet the soul has waked to see The weaklings that may linger. 2008 K. L. French Good Women of Parish ii. 63 Some parishes had special vestments, which further identified the childwife's liminal status. 3. Chiefly in form child-wife. A wife who is still a child; a very young wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > very young wife childwife1661 1661 T. Fuller Andronicus v. viii. 89 Nuptial rites were suddenly dispatch't To a boy husband, a child wife was married, Our ages put together could not spell Thirty. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xliv. 456 ‘Will you call me a name I want you to call me?’ inquired Dora... ‘Child-wife.’ 1861 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxv, in Monthly Packet Oct. 340 Mary of England, the child-wife of Montfort. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 270 Even a child-wife must grow up. 2008 BFI Southbank Programme Guide (Brit. Film Inst.) Nov. 44/1 In the Deep South, the child-wife of a middle-age cotton miller is seduced by her husband's revenge-seeking rival. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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