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What (who) is Midwife - definition
midwife
¦ noun (plural midwives) a nurse who is trained to assist women in childbirth.
Derivatives
midwifery -'w?f(?)ri noun
Origin
ME: prob. from the obs. preposition mid 'with' + wife (in the archaic sense 'woman').
midwife
(midwives)
A midwife is a nurse who is trained to deliver babies and to advise pregnant women.
N-COUNT
midwife
n.
Accoucheuse.
Examples of use of Midwife
1. Midwife: Could cost Ј4,000 Mothers–to–be are being asked to pay 4,000 for a personal NHS midwife, it has emerged.
2. At midday a senior midwife arrived to check me over.
3. But then, every single midwife gave me different advice.
4. The midwife told me it was a textbook home delivery.
5. Every pregnant woman will be offered a named midwife.