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Date: 1200-1300
Origin: mid 'with' (11-14 centuries) (from Old English) + wife 'woman'

midwife

 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Birth
mid‧wife plural midwives [countable]
MBBO a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby
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