midwives

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midwives - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Midwife \Mid"wife`\, n.; pl. Midwives. [OE. midwif, fr. AS.
     mid with (akin to Gr. ?) + ? woman, wife. Properly, the woman
     or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See
     Meta-, and Wife.]
     A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female
     practitioner of the obstetric art.
     [1913 Webster]