Midwives

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  midwife
       n : a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies [syn: {accoucheuse}]
       [also: {midwives} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  midwives
       See {midwife}