Also -or. [f. CIRCUMCISE + -ER.] One who circumcises.
1535. Coverdale, 1 Macc. i. 64. They hanged vp the children by the neckes … and slewe the circumcisers of them.
1659. Milton, Civ. Power, Wks. (1851), 316. This concising punishment of circumcisers.
1675. L. Addison, State Jews, 61 (T.). Having gain’d a competent skill and experience, they set up for Circumcisers.
1847. J. F. South, trans. Chelius’ Surg., II. 345. The circumcisor.
