ˈfel(d)shə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Russian fel'dsher, from German feldscher, feldscherer field surgeon, from feld field (from Old High German) + scherer barber, surgeon, from Old High German skerāri shearer, from skeran to shear + -āri -er — more at field , shear , -er
: a practitioner of medicine in certain east European countries and especially Russia without the full training or the status of a qualified doctor ; especially : an assistant to a physician especially on the battlefield