Surgeon
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surgeon¹
- /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/ UK
- /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən
Where it comes from
From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgien et al.), from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgeon.
noun surgeons · chirurgeon
- One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
- A surgeonfish.
Similar: sawbones, cutter, chirurgeon
Surgeon²
Where it comes from
Occupational surname from surgeon.
proper noun Surgeons
- A surname.
