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English
Etymology
From medicine + -er.
Noun
mediciner (plural mediciners)
- (archaic) A medical practitioner; a doctor.
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: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.
1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page xi. 232:After that period, however, records of Irish mediciners and surgeons are frequent[.]
Swedish
Noun
mediciner
- indefinite plural of medicin