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nursemaids

noun

plural of nursemaid

as in nurses

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

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Recent Examples of nursemaids 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

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Many of these people are poorly paid, but some, such as travel nurses, are highly compensated.

— Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Across the country in California, nurses at Kaiser Permanente are striking and picketing against the AI surveilling their work and playing a growing role in patient care.

— Katie Palmer, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

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These nefarious little nannies were blamed for every cool model that didn’t make it to our shores, and every sweet performance option left on the table (not to mention every part that fell off of an American car built between 1979 and 1999).

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026
On the series, which is streaming now, Bienvenue, Hayward and six other young nannies jet off to Ibiza for a summer to launch a nannying agency for VIP clientele on vacation.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

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