as in nurses
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own
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Noun
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Two nurses can have identical clinical skill; the one with better bedside manner will be the one patients seek out, confide in, and forgive.—
Grace Brown,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Officers then moved in on the nurses who did not give way, zip-tied their hands and led them to waiting police vans.—
Barry Williams,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This led organically to feelings of love for one’s Black nannies and friendship with the children of your Black live-in maids, but this warmth had to be suppressed.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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Currently, career nannies, ROTA (rotational) nannies, laundresses, chefs, butlers, estate managers, and personal assistants are being heavily sought after.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Dry nurses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20nurses. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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