Noun: feldscher
| Singular | feldscher |
| Plural | feldschers |
Sample Sentences
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They were ordered to provide the following accommodation; one male ward with ten beds and one with six, one female ward with four beds; two rooms for the medical staff; one for the Sister of Mercy; rooms for the feldschers and other attendants; a room for carrying out disinfection; bathroom, kitchen and offices. [1893, Frank Gerard Clemow, The Cholera Epidemic of 1892 in the Russian Empire, page 73:]
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In Russian military hospitals the subordinate duty is performed by a body of men who are designated feldschers. [1906 February 17, The Lancet, page 475:]
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Louise left the little house with a heavy heart. "For God's sake keep an eye upon Monsieur le Capitaine," she said at parting to the little feldscher, or under-surgeon, who replied with a laugh:— […] [1905, Fred Whishaw, Moscow: A Story of the French Invasion of 1812:]
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"How stupid, how stupid!" the doctor muttered, when the feldscher was gone. [1954 [1888], Anton Chekhov, translated by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, An unpleasantness, translation of original in Russian:]
Nouns inflected like feldscher
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Russian фельдшер (felʹdšer), from German Feldscher. See: Russian Nouns '
фельдшер', German Nouns '
Feldscher'.