chirugeon
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[edit]chirugeon (plural chirugeons)
- Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- 1778, Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, The History of Scotland, page 238:
- Some were gunners, wrights, carvers, painters, masons, smiths, harness-makers (armourers), tapesters, broudsters, taylors, cunning chirugeons, apothecaries, with all other kind of craftsmen to apparel his palaces.
- 1869, Chambers's Journal, volume 46, number 270, page 129:
- It had yellow coats, lined with red; and amongst other appointments, Samuel Tatham and John Tatham were respectively 'chirugeon' and 'chirugeon's mate.'
- 1985, Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor, page 14:
- The Chirugeon came to observe the Marks of the Sicknesse, and then stood slightly apart; Well what must I do, what will be the End of this? entreats my Father of him, and the Chirugeon pressed mightily to have her remov'd to the Pest-House adjoining the Moor-Fields, or as he said the Symptoms admitted of no Hope.