gas-passer



gas-passer

n. a jocular nickname for an anesthetist. (Hospitals.) My gosh! The gas-passer charged almost as much as the surgeon.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vasilica-Romanian
LieselLEE-zelGerman
Gottschalk-German (Archaic)
Elke (1)EL-kə (Dutch)Dutch, German, Frisian
Gudbrand-Norwegian, Danish
Chifundochee-FUWN-doSouthern African, Chewa