Meanings
plural mediciners
- archaicA medical practitioner; a doctor.
After that period, however, records of Irish mediciners and surgeons are frequent[.]
1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page xi. 2321 more example
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
Origin
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