Thesaurus results for NURSEMAID

nursemaid

noun

ˈnərs-ˌmād

Definition of nursemaid next

as in nurse

a person employed to care for a young child or children sent the children to their nursemaid

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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. —

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

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Noun

An intake nurse at the jail would not allow her to be booked because of her condition, according to the lawsuit.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Kellogg's sister, who has EMT training, helped roll her onto her side as Graham rushed over with his best man, a nurse.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026