Synonyms of nursemaid

nursemaid

noun

ˈnərs-ˌmād 

as in nurse

a person employed to care for a young child or children

sent the children to their nursemaid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurse
• nanny
• sitter
• babysitter
• dry nurse
• nurser
• amah
• ayah
• mammy
• au pair
• duenna
• bonne
• governess
• mademoiselle
• fraulein

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nursemaid

Opposite Assante and Scacchi, who plays Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, Hollywood royalty Isabella Rossellini and Geraldine Chaplin deliver scene-stealing performances as Athena and the nursemaid Eurycleia. — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

Taking with her only Fanny and a nursemaid, Wollstonecraft travelled to Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and during her travels, wrote dozens of letters to Imlay in which the infant Fanny might occasionally be glimpsed. — Literary Hub, 5 June 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