circumciser

English

Etymology

circumcise +‎ -er

Noun

circumciser (plural circumcisers)

A person who performs circumcision.
- 2007 February 23, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Circumcision’s Anti-AIDS Effect Found Greater Than First Thought”, in New York Times‎:
  He said President Bush’s $15 billion AIDS initiative and the World Health Organization were considering paying for circumcisions in high-risk countries, but must work out what training and equipment they would require circumcisers to have.

Synonyms

Judaism: mohel

Translations

one who performs circumcision

Bengali: হাজাম (hajam)
Dutch: besnijder (nl) m, besnijderes f
German: Beschneider (de) m, Beschneiderin f
Malay: mudim

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