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midwives |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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