Accoucheur

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˌæ.ËŒku.ˈʃɚ/

Origin

• First attested in 1759.
• From French accoucheur, from accoucher ("to go to childbed, be delivered"), from Old French culcher ("to lie"), from Latin colloco, from com ("with") + loco ("to place"). See accouchement.

Full definition of accoucheur

Noun

1. (medicine) A man who assists women in childbirth; a male midwife; an obstetrician.
• 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 163:Family story: on the day of his birth the accoucheur approached his father, the baby wrapped in a cloth.

Synonyms

• (male) midwife
• man-midwife