surgeon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

   The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.

2. 2
   noun

   a physician who specializes in surgery

3. 3
   noun

   A surgeonfish.

4. 4
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgien et al.), from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgeon.