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chirurgeon

[ kahy-rur-juhn ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a surgeon.


chirurgeon

/ kaɪˈrɜːdʒən /

noun

  1. an archaic word for surgeon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • chiˈrurgery, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chirurgeon1

1250–1300; < Latin chīrūr ( gus ) (< Greek cheirourgós hand-worker, surgeon; chiro-, demiurge ) + (sur)geon; replacing Middle English cirurgian < Old French cirurgien; surgeon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chirurgeon1

C13: from Old French cirurgeon
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Example Sentences

But I feel so anxious,” said Roy; “my mother is not a chirurgeon.

"I have studied in the school of Fallopius, the chirurgeon of Padua," the scholar answered coldly.

Then she wrote as if to her chirurgeon and apothecary, explaining her sickness and requiring drugs.

The chirurgeon turned to the Queen and Bertrade de Montfort.

And though Dublin hath formerly swarmed with Papists, I know none (now) there but one, who is a chirurgeon, and a peaceable man.

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