| Definitions | midwife
noun (midwives)
- A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
- A hundred years ago, a would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
- (context, rare, figurative) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
Translations: - Dutch: verloskundige , , vroedvrouw
- French: sage-femme
- German: Hebamme , Geburtshelfer , Geburtshelferin , Entbindungspfleger , Entbindungshelfer
- Italian: ostetrica , levatrice
- Spanish: partera , comadrona , comadrona
verb (midwives or, rarely midwifes, midwiving or, rarely midwifing, midwived or, rarely widwifed)
- (transitive) To act as a midwife.
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