midwife
Pronunciation
change- IPA (key): mɪd.waɪf
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: mid‧wife
Noun
change- (countable) A midwife is a person, usually a woman, who has been trained to help women during childbirth.
Verb
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- (transitive) If someone midwifes, she acts as a midwife.