nursling
- noun
- /ˈnɜrslɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
lactante
Examples
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Any gentle tips for managing the high-frequency older nursling?
Blog text (28) -
My girls are now 7 and 5, and I can't believe it's been so long since they were my little nurslings, always at my side.
Blog text (2) -
She mounted the spiral stairs to the roof, with Nuala following close behind, keeping guard over her nursling.
Fiction book (1999) -
Proverbs 8 tells us something further about this primordial Torah wisdom through a wordplay on umon/uman—nursling and workman.
Academic text (1992) -
As a nursling, she relied on her mother's warmth and care to grow strong.
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The nurse carefully cradled the nursling, ensuring he was comfortable and safe.
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In the nursery, several nurslings slept peacefully in their cribs, attended by kind caregivers.
Synonyms
411
1.0
A very young child usually under one year who is not yet walking or talking
142
1.0
A baby born very recently, usually under four weeks old
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6.9
A baby less than four weeks old, often cared for in a hospital
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6.1
A baby or young animal that still drinks its mother's milk
A baby who is being fed by its mother or a person who cares for it
A young animal that drinks milk from its mother
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nursling comes from nurse and the small-person ending -ling. A nurse used to mean someone who 'feeds' and cares for babies, so a nursling is a baby who is fed and looked after.