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Definition of Accoucheuse
1. Noun. A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies.
Definition of Accoucheuse
1. n. A midwife.
Definition of Accoucheuse
1. Noun. (context: rare) A midwife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Accoucheuse
1. French for a female obstetrician or midwife. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Accoucheuse
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1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1843)
"... on the foot of which sits the accoucheuse, and the nurse holding the royal
infant in her arms. In another part of the chamber, seated on its rich carpet ..."
2. Letters of a Javanese Princess by Kartini (1920)
"She will become either an accoucheuse or a painter, but whichever she does she
will do well. In either case she should study in Europe. ..."
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