circumciser
- noun
- /ˈsɜrkəmˌsaɪzər/
- The circumciser performed the procedure with great care and expertise.
Examples
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But one man, an authoritative 82-year-old who had been the village circumciser until he became a born-again Christian, had a different explanation: people used the shelter to escape from Swahili slave raiders.
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Louli used to be a professional female circumciser.
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Tall continues: "The woman learned later that one of her aunties had taken the young girl to a circumciser without informing anybody."
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As a circumciser, a mother's brother arranged for one of his sister's daughters to become the wife of the man he circumcised.
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It may take place in a hospital, but is usually performed without anaesthesia by a traditional circumciser using a knife, razor, or scissors.
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Families often seek a trusted circumciser to ensure the religious ceremony is done properly.
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Before the ceremony, the circumciser explained the significance of the ritual to the parents.
Synonyms
A person who performs the Jewish religious ceremony of circumcision for newborn boys
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumciser = circumcise (transparent) = circumcise + er
Formed by the verb 'circumcise' plus the agentive suffix '-er', directly yielding 'a person who performs circumcisions'.
Etymology
Circumciser comes from Latin parts circum- meaning 'around' (as in circumference) and caedere meaning 'to cut' (as in incision). So a circumciser is someone who 'cuts around', which explains why the word means a person who performs circumcisions.