Both Uses of
midwife
in
Childhood's End
- That duty is hard to define: perhaps you can best think of us as midwives attending a difficult birth.†
Chpt 18 *
- Yes, wc are the midwives.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(midwife) a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth; or to assist in childbirth
or:
someone who helps bring something into existence; or the act of helping to bring something into existence