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mediciner en · NOUN

Etymology

From medicine + -er.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A medical practitioner; a doctor.
   • After that period, however, records of Irish mediciners and surgeons are frequent[.] 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page xi. 232:
   • Toole used to throw up his nose, and raise his eyebrows, and made his brother mediciner a particularly stiff, and withal scornful reverence when they met. Sturk, on the other hand, made a short, surly nod—'twas little more—and, without a word, turned on his heel, with a gruff pitch of his shoulder towards Toole. 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Showing how Some of the Feuds in Chapelizod Waxed Fiercer, and Others Were Solemnly Condoned”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 23:

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