chirurgeon
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chirurgeon
- /kaɪˈɹɜːdʒən/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən
Where it comes from
From Middle English cirurgien, borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, itself borrowed from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus or formed from the root of cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of surgeon.
noun chirurgeons · chirurgian · chirurgion · chyrurgeon
- A doctor or surgeon. 1561, Hieronymus Brunschwig trans. Jhon Hollybush[sic] (pseudonym of Miles Coverdale), A most excellent and perfecte homily apothecarye.... Arnold Birckman, Collen (Cologne). Page 6 verso, section Of One That Hath the Palsye Let every Physicton or Chirurgeon therefore rule him after this, and well a
