chirugeon

plural chirugeons · alternative chirugion · alternative chirurgion

1. alternativeAlternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.

   It had yellow coats, lined with red; and amongst other appointments, Samuel Tatham and John Tatham were respectively 'chirugeon' and 'chirugeon's mate.'

   1869, Chambers's Journal, volume 46, number 270, page 129

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   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.

   1778, Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, The History of Scotland, page 238

   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.

   1985, Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor, page 14