chirurgeon
/kaɪˈrɜrdʒən/
noun
- An old-fashioned term for a surgeon, especially one who performed operations in the past.
- In medieval times, a chirurgeon often worked as a barber as well.
- She read about the tools a chirurgeon would have used in the 17th century.
- The chirurgeon used a saw to amputate the soldier's injured leg.
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