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Nursemaid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman employed to take care of children.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a woman or girl employed to care for children

v. To tend to as a nursemaid.

v. To care for or look after.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A girl or woman employed to attend and care for children.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A maid-servant employed to tend children.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a woman who is the custodian of children

Word Usage

"The most common orthopedic injury in kids under two is called nursemaid’s elbow, in which the elbow gets tugged out of its socket by a caregiver holding a child’s hand and yanking the elbow."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

woman adult female keeper

Hyponym

dry nurse wet nurse mammy amah

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

nurse au pair sluškinja nanny

Same Context

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