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midwife

[mid-wahyf] / ˈmɪdˌwaɪf /
NOUN
childbirth assistant
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Without a doubt, Goddard was the father of 20th-century rocketry, but Charles Lindbergh was the midwife.

From The Wall Street Journal

Essiedu says he immersed himself in the subject, working with specialists and midwives to understand an experience he had never been close to.

From BBC

There are only fewer than 200 men registered to work as a midwife in the UK and just six in Northern Ireland - and Fraser Morton is one of them.

From BBC

The former midwife was formally installed in the historic ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England in front of around 2,000 people including heir to the throne Prince William and his wife Catherine.

From Barron's

Nurses and midwives in England and Wales are set to get a 3.3% pay rise in the next financial year, but Lisa says the union was "disappointed" at the award which was "below inflation".

From BBC