nurse
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3.0
- noun
- /nɜrs/
- Archaic
:
niñera
- Mickey's mother sat behind her son, dressed in a nurse's uniform, weeping quietly.
- wet nurse
- hire a wet nurse
- mothers and wet nurses
Nannies, the nurse, whatever the cook, the housekeeper, the secretary, women who are close and available.
- Nannies, the nurse, whatever the cook, the housekeeper, the secretary, women who are close and available.
Examples
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In the story, the nurse was responsible for looking after the master's children.
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Every evening, the nurse reads bedtime stories to the kids she cares for.
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After the mother died, the home nurse married the father.
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- Well, have you talked to the school nurse?
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So this poem is about a woman, a nurse in San Francisco.
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There's a nurse who comes and stays at the house.
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The new nurse helps take care of the children during playtime.
Synonyms
603
1.0
A woman who looks after children in a family's home
12
5.3
A woman who cares for young children in a private home
1
1.1
A woman who is paid to care for children in a home
1
2.8
A person who looks after children in their own home while parents are at work
Compounds
- Specialized
19
2.8
A trained health worker who cares for sick people and has official permission to work
- Specialized
14
3.8
A health worker with extra training who can find and treat illnesses
3
2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
2
6.3
A slow shark that lives on warm shallow sea floors and has small whiskers near its mouth
- Specialized
2
3.9
A hospital worker who helps the surgeon during surgery by keeping things sterile and handing instruments
- Specialized
1
3.8
A trained health worker who cares for women in pregnancy and helps them give birth
- Specialized
1
3.6
A trained health worker who gives basic care to sick people under a senior health worker
- Specialized
1
3.5
A trained health worker allowed by the state to give basic medical care under a doctor or senior medical worker
- Specialized
A person who finished nursing school training but is not yet licensed to work as a nurse
- Formal
The way a nurse and a patient work together, with the nurse trying to help and protect the patient's health
A trained health worker who is registered and can do many tasks doctors usually do
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nurse once meant a woman who fed and looked after children, like a 'wet nurse', and it comes from an old word meaning 'to feed', the same root as nourish. So a household nurse was the person who cared for and fed the children.