midwife

Definitions

1. A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
2. Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
   figuratively, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring⟳ the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver⟳ a baby was either impossible or unheard of.”

“Modernly, a hospital midwife is usually a registered nurse.”

“The senior midwife confirmed that […] occasionally a multigravid woman could feel⟳ little more than slight abdominal discomfort.”

“Despite Richard's efforts to midwive his own⟳ narrative of legitimacy, the source of this legendary one cannot be controlled because it has moved from the mouths of nurses, midwives and gossips into the public domain.”

“He had not read⟳ it, but he said that every detail in it was true. This struck me as a rather cavalier attitude to truth, but hatred is not the midwife of caution or accuracy.”

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