Definition of Midwife

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Definition of Midwife
	Midwife A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art. To assist in childbirth. To perform the office of midwife. Related Definitions: Art, Assist, Childbirth, Female, In, Midwife, Obstetric, Of, Office, Other, Perform, Practitioner, The, To, Who, Woman, Women

Midwife Quotations

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.
David Ogilvy

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
Eric Hoffer

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.
Johannes Kepler

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
Billy Wilder

I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.
Norman Lamm

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Stephen Spender

Midwife Translations

midwife in Dutch is vroedvrouw, verloskundige
midwife in French is sage-femme, accoucheuse, sage femme
midwife in German is Hebamme, Hebamme, Geburtshelferin
midwife in Italian is levatrice
midwife in Spanish is partera, comadrona
midwife in Swedish is barnmorska

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