Definition of NURSEMAID

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sent the children to their nursemaid

Recent Examples on the Web Many moms are on their own, but a fortunate few get help from babysitters or nursemaids. — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, "Beautiful moments between animal mothers and their babies," 8 May 2020 Torn's cagey Arthur often had to become a multi-hyphenate nursemaid-therapist-taskmaster to the talented, but hugely insecure host Larry Sanders (Garry Shandling), who called him Artie. — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, "Rip Torn, the joyfully cynical producer on 'The Larry Sanders Show,' dies at 88," 10 July 2019 With the assistance of nursemaid/housekeeper Mrs. Blott, Maisie is raised by her father, Peter, a distracted academic who treats his daughter more like an experiment than as a child. — Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle, "Science fiction and fantasy books: ‘Belly Up,’ ‘What Should Be Wild,’ ‘84K’," 7 June 2018 Here are nursemaids and newsboys; elegant sisters in their Sunday best; gentlemen out for a stroll in striped vests. — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "The Black Dolls on Showcase at a Parisian Gallery Have a Poignant Story to Tell," 16 Mar. 2018 Three people attended Toole's funeral at St. Peter and Paul Church: his mother, his father and Beulah Mathews, his childhood nursemaid. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "John Kennedy Toole, the genius behind 'Dunces': 1 of 300," 14 Feb. 2018 There was some luxury casting of smaller roles: the potent bass Matthew Rose as Norma’s father and the tribal chief Oroveso, and the opulent soprano Michelle Bradley as Clotilde, nursemaid to Norma’s children. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "Bellini and Brontosaurs," 26 Sep. 2017 Pushkin began jotting down his old nursemaid’s stories in the 1820s while in internal exile at the family estate. — Marina Harss, New York Times, "Review: ‘The Golden Cockerel’ at American Ballet Theater Honors Its Origins JUNE 7, 2016," 1 June 2016 The first was Joice Heth, a blind slave who was supposedly the 161-year-old nursemaid of George Washington. — N. R. Kleinfield, New York Times, "Fans Brace for Farewell as Ringling Brothers, ‘Elixir of Youth,’ Fades," 30 Jan. 2017

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“Nursemaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursemaid. Accessed 3 Jul. 2020.

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