"midwoman" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English midwomman",
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly inherited from Middle English midwomman (attested as a hapax legomenon c. 1400). Alternatively, reformed as a blend of midwife + woman.",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: midman"
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          "text": "To banish the thoughts, she made herself think of the boy's mother. They were Tatterdancers. That meant inadequate care, if any. She'd probably been delivered by one of the stave's midwomen.",
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        "A midwife."
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        "(rare, now chiefly Southern US) A midwife."
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