plague doctor
A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and…A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.
» Plague doctors treated victims of the bubonic plague.
Meaning
1 senses(European)A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.
чумной докторčumnoj doktor
Examples
3 sentencesPlague doctors treated victims of the bubonic plague.
Plague doctors wore beaked masks.
Plague doctors wore beaked masks filled with aromatic items, such as herbs, straw and spices.
dePestärzte trugen Schnabelmasken, die mit Duftstoffen wie Kräutern, Stroh und Gewürzen gefüllt waren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Forms
plural: plague doctors| Singular | plague doctor |
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