chirurgeon

noun
/kaɪˈɹɜːdʒən/UK

Etymology

From Middle English cirurgien, borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, itself borrowed from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus or formed from the root of cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of surgeon.

  1. derived from chirurgia
  2. derived from *chīrurgiānus
  3. derived from cirurgiien
  4. inherited from cirurgien

Definitions

  1. A doctor or surgeon.

    • At noon to the 'Change, and there long, and from thence by appointment took Luellin, Mount, and W. Symons, and Mr. Pierce, the chirurgeon, home to dinner with me and were merry.

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