man-midwife

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man-midwife

noun man-midwives

An accoucheur; a male midwife 1775, Laurence Sterne, The Koran, Chapter XXXVII: The Man-Midwife, The Works of Laurence Sterne, page 75, She was daughter to a man-midwife; — and all that has been urged upon the former caſe, is equally referable to this one also.
Similar: midhusband

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noun man who assists women in childbirth

Français	sage-femme homme, accoucheur
Deutsch	Entbindungspfleger, Geburtshelfer, Entbindungshelfer
Română	mamoș, obstetrician
Русский	акуше́р akušér

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@misc{man_midwife_2026,
  title = {man-midwife},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/man-midwife},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}