mid‧wife /ˈmɪdwaɪf/
noun (
plural midwives /-waɪvz/)
[countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Origin: mid 'with' (11-14 centuries) (from Old English) + wife 'woman']
a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby
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