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contention(dictionary)

accoucheur (iou) and contention (iou)


accoucheur (iou)



accoucheur noun. M18.
[French, formed as ACCOUCHEMENT + -eur -OR.]
A man (formerly also a woman) who acts as midwife.
accoucheuse noun a midwife E19.

contention (iou)



contention noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin contentio(n-), from content- pa. ppl stem of contendere: see CONTEND, -ION.]
Strife, dispute, verbal controversy; a dispute or quarrel. LME.
bone of contention: see BONE noun. draw the saw of contention: see SAW noun1.
fig.: Shakespeare Othello The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship.
Earnest exertion, endeavour. arch. M16.
Competition; (an act of) rivalry. L16.
in contention competing; in a position to win.
A point contended for in argument. M17.
B. Magee My central contention..is that Wagner's Music expresses..repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche.
contentional adjective of the Nature of contention E19.