Midwife

Quick meaning: Midwife is a noun meaning (obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

Meaning

(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To act as a midwife.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To facilitate the emergence of.
3. (rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.

Example Sentences

Modernly, a hospital midwife is usually a registered nurse.

The senior midwife confirmed that […] occasionally a multigravid woman could feel little more than slight abdominal discomfort.

A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.

He had not read it, but he said that every detail in it was true. This struck me as a rather cavalier attitude to truth, but hatred is not the midwife of caution or accuracy.

Word Forms

• midwives
• midwive
• midwifes
• midwifing
• midwifed

Synonyms for midwife

Depending on context, synonyms include accoucheuse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include accoucheuse, midwifery, birth, accoucheur, obstetrician, obstetrician-gynecologist.

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