MONITRICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monitrice mean? 

• MONITRICE (noun)
  The noun MONITRICE has 1 sense:

1. an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes

  Familiarity information: MONITRICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONITRICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

birthing coach; doula; labor coach; monitrice

Hypernyms ("monitrice" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)