Synonyms for midwife
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mid-wahyf |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪdˌwaɪf |
Définition of midwife
Origin :- c.1300, "woman assisting," literally "woman who is 'with' " (the mother at birth), from Middle English mid "with" (see mid) + wif "woman" (see wife). Cognate with German Beifrau.
- noun childbirth assistant
- On the honor of a midwife, I have seldom brought into the world one so pretty.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- When the midwife had sipped hers up, she went off; everything was going on nicely, she was not required.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- She said she was the daughter of a midwife at Bercy who had failed in business.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- Come then to me, who am a midwife, and the son of a midwife, and I will deliver you.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- Do you think—does it cost very much to learn to be a midwife?
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- And when you're a midwife, Froken Hagen might quite well marry a doctor, you know.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- What I should like you to do would be to take me to a midwife's.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- I played in short the part of a midwife, but with what a struggle!
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- I instructed him that I did not know any midwife in Paris whatsoever.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- The midwife sent me a requisition yesterday by her counsel, Vauversin.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Words or expressions associated with your search
Most wanted synonyms
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019