midwife

[mid·wife]

A midwife is someone whose job involves helping women give birth to babies. Some pregnant women get their prenatal care from a midwife, as well as delivering their babies with a midwife's help.

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A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

Noun
a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies


n.
A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

v. t.
To assist in childbirth.

v. i.
To perform the office of midwife.


Midwife

Mid"wife` , n.; pl. Midwives . [OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with (akin to Gr. ) + woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See Meta-, and Wife.] A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

Midwife

Mid"wife`, v. t. To assist in childbirth.

Midwife

Mid"wife`, v. i. To perform the office of midwife.

A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

To assist in childbirth.

To perform the office of midwife.

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Usage Examples

Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World country, and I said, 'I'm going to just squat behind a tree.' I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife.

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Other Usage Examples

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

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