foot doctor. 1  chiropodist: a specialist in care for the feet. 2  Podiatry is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower leg.
guillotine noun (DEVICE) âº [ C or S ] a device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame, used in the past for killing criminals by cutting off their heads: King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution.
Where does the word 'guillotine' come into your language? The English word guillotine came to us as an allusion to Joseph Guillotin (1738-1814), a French doctor who proposed that an efficient machine should be used to carry out capit â¦ al punishment. The first machine was built in 1791 and used the following year. The word was used as a noun in 1973 and as a verb in 1974.