chirugeon

chirugeon

English

Alternative forms

• chirugion
• chirurgion

Noun

chirugeon (plural chirugeons)

1. 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 vol. 46, no. 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.

Related terms

• chirurgie
• chirurgical