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Recent Examples of nursemaid
The child is five, the youngest of a large, well-to-do family and the only daughter: doted upon by her mother and her nursemaid, exquisitely dressed in tiny silk dresses patterned after those worn by Queen Victoria’s children.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursemaid
Noun
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When the doctors and nurses refused, the agents would turn to nursing assistants or other ancillary staff who weren’t trained to handle those requests, the doctor said.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Even as his pain intensified and his leg grew worse without adequate blood flow, he was not immediately relocated to an intensive care unit, but was instead moved for several days between post-anesthesia units, despite protestations from his wife, a veteran emergency room nurse, the suit said.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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According to the outlet, hours before the former Duke of York’s arrest, Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank, and their kids August, 5, and Ernest, 2, were joined by friends and the boys’ nanny at the Swiss resort of Gstaad.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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And that’s thanks, in large part, to her nannies.—
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Nursemaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursemaid. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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