man-midwifen.

Brit.

/ˌmanˈmɪdwʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈmænˈmɪdˌwaɪf/

Inflections: Plural man-midwives, men-midwives.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.¹, midwife n.

Etymology: < man n.¹ + midwife n.

Now historical.

A male midwife; a male obstetrician. Also figurative.Until the mid 18th cent., man-midwives were usually assistants called on to help female midwives only in cases of difficult births.

ΘΚΠ

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

man-midwife1607

mid-man1706

midwife1711

midwifer1825

1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. D Doe not you know..what Serieants are?.. Why they are certaine men-midwiues, that neuer bring people to bed, but when they are sore in labour, that no body els can deliuer them.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Induct. 56 in Wks. II There are a set of gamesters within, in trauell of a thing call'd a Play,..and they haue intreated me to be their Man-Midwife, the Prologue.

1638 J. Suckling Aglaura i. 3 That old doting man-mid-wife Time.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at After-Birth That which Chirurgeons and Men-Midwives call Placenta.

1783 S. F. Simmons in Med. Communications 1 176 Dr. Bland, physician man-midwife to the Westminster General Dispensary.

1797 J. Robinson Directory of Sheffield 81 Hodgson, John, surgeon, and man-midwife.

1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xiv. 476 The ancient Athenians used only men-midwives.

1811 in Shropshire Parish Reg. (1905) V. 85 [Ruyton] George Read, Surgeon & Man-midwife.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vii. 68 Man-midwives, as Levasseur of the Sarthe, are not wanting.

1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command i. 20 They sent for the man-midwife last night.

1992 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Birth i. ii. 32 Dr Charles White (1728–1813), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, surgeon and man-midwife of Manchester.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	man-midwife
释义	man-midwifen. Brit. /ˌmanˈmɪdwʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈmænˈmɪdˌwaɪf/ Inflections: Plural man-midwives, men-midwives. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.¹, midwife n. Etymology: < man n.¹ + midwife n. Now historical. A male midwife; a male obstetrician. Also figurative.Until the mid 18th cent., man-midwives were usually assistants called on to help female midwives only in cases of difficult births. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] > specific male man-midwife1607 mid-man1706 midwife1711 midwifer1825 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. D Doe not you know..what Serieants are?.. Why they are certaine men-midwiues, that neuer bring people to bed, but when they are sore in labour, that no body els can deliuer them. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Induct. 56 in Wks. II There are a set of gamesters within, in trauell of a thing call'd a Play,..and they haue intreated me to be their Man-Midwife, the Prologue. 1638 J. Suckling Aglaura i. 3 That old doting man-mid-wife Time. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at After-Birth That which Chirurgeons and Men-Midwives call Placenta. 1783 S. F. Simmons in Med. Communications 1 176 Dr. Bland, physician man-midwife to the Westminster General Dispensary. 1797 J. Robinson Directory of Sheffield 81 Hodgson, John, surgeon, and man-midwife. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca v. xiv. 476 The ancient Athenians used only men-midwives. 1811 in Shropshire Parish Reg. (1905) V. 85 [Ruyton] George Read, Surgeon & Man-midwife. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vii. 68 Man-midwives, as Levasseur of the Sarthe, are not wanting. 1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command i. 20 They sent for the man-midwife last night. 1992 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Birth i. ii. 32 Dr Charles White (1728–1813), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, surgeon and man-midwife of Manchester. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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