Accoucheuse
noun
a female obstetrician or midwife
Historical Examples
Siebold was an accoucheuse who had attended at the births of both the children.
The Public Life of Queen Victoria John McGilchrist
If all our plans should suffer ship-wreck, then Roekmini will fit herself to be an accoucheuse.
Letters of a Javanese Princess Raden Adjeng Kartini
She will become either an accoucheuse or a painter, but whichever she does she will do well.
Letters of a Javanese Princess Raden Adjeng Kartini
The barber woman, on the other hand, is the accoucheuse and midwife of the village matrons.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India Edgar Thurston
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