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单词 midwoman
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midwomann.

Brit. /ˈmɪdwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌwʊm(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English midwimmen (plural), 1900s– midwoman (U.S. regional).
Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adv.1, woman n., midwife n.
Etymology: Probably < mid adv.1 + woman n., after midwife n. In later use probably re-formed < mid- (in midwife n.) + woman n. Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.vv., also records the words midlady and midmother, in the same sense, in 20th-cent. use from southern and South Midland states.
rare. Now U.S. regional (southern).
A midwife.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]
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grace-wifec1600
Mother Midnight1602
headswoman1615
handwoman1637
sage woman1672
howdie1725
accoucheur1727
granny1738
obstetrix1773
accoucheuse1795
dukun1817
fingersmith1819
wise woman1821
obstetrician1826
obstetrist1873
tocologist1902
birth attendant1910
S.C.M.1935
monitrice1969
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5543 (MED) Bremli command he and badd Midwimmen be o þe self land.
1939 These are our Lives (Federal Writers' Project, U.S.) 49 In them two years we had one chile, a boy chile, and we had the midwoman. Midwomen only charged five dollars and the doctor would'a charged twenty-five dollars.
1996 Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. III. 589/2 Gulf region (Midwife) 9 infs, Mid woman; 2 infs, Mid women.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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