Midwife

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth. Also called regionally granny, granny woman.
  • n. One who assists in or takes a part in bringing about a result: "In the Renaissance, artists and writers start to serve as midwives of fame” ( Carlin Romano).
  • v. To assist in the birth of (a baby).
  • v. To assist in bringing forth or about: "Washington's efforts to midwife a Mideast settlement” ( Newsweek).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
  • n. Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
  • v. To act as a midwife
  • v. to facilitate the emergence of
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
  • v. To assist in childbirth.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform the office of midwife.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A woman who assists women in childbirth.
  • To perform the office of midwife.
  • To assist in childbirth.
  • To aid in bringing into being by acting the part of a midwife; assist in bringing to light.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
  • Verb Form
    midwifed    midwifes    midwifing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nurse   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    midwives   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    obstetrician    accoucheuse    Lucina    obstetrix    attend    accouche    deliver    deliver of   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts