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单词 howdie
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howdien.

Brit. /ˈhaʊdi/, U.S. /ˈhaʊdi/, Scottish English /ˈhʌʊdɪ/
Forms: Also howdy.
Etymology: Origin uncertain.Note . The conjectured derivation from the phrase how d'ye? is impossible, since the Sc. form would then have been /huːdɪ/. On the analogy of Sc. gowdie = goldie n., howdy might go back to holdie, an appellative (like brownie, etc.) from hold, friendly, benevolent, kind: compare French sage-femme.
Scottish and northern dialect, vulgar.
A midwife.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]
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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
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iii When Mungo's mare stood still and swat wi' fright, When he brought east the howdy under night.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 11 The laird's servant..rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. ix. i. 222 She was determined..to have at the occasion a howdie instead of an accoucheur.
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 853 The most illustrious man-howdie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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