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midwifes
We have found lemma(root) word of midwifes : midwife.
Definitions
[ˈmɪdwʌɪf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person, typically a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth
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Origin
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Middle English: probably from the obsolete preposition mid ‘with’ + wife (in the archaic sense ‘woman’), expressing the sense ‘a woman who is with (the mother’)
[ˈmɪdwʌɪf], (Verb)
Definitions:
- assist (a woman) during childbirth
(e.g: these women midwifed her)
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Origin
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Middle English: probably from the obsolete preposition mid ‘with’ + wife (in the archaic sense ‘woman’), expressing the sense ‘a woman who is with (the mother’)
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