Oxford Dictionary English doula nounnoun BrE BrE//ˈduːlə// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈduːlə// (North American English) Birth Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsa woman whose role is to provide emotional support to a woman who is giving birth compare midwife See related entries: Birth Word Origin1960s: modern Greek, from Greek doulē ‘female slave’.See doula in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: doula oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
