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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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An umbrella review of global nurse burnout research found oncology nurses reporting the highest depersonalization rates of any specialty studied.

— Annette Logan-Parker, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
To make sure that's the case, there's long been a strict firewall between the doctors and nurses trying to save patients in the hospital, and the organ retrieval teams standing by to try to procure their organs.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of nurses

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There’s always somebody cleaning, a chef, nannies, assistants.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
The prosecutor argued the beatings basically never stopped, claiming footage showed nannies beating one child, then turning their violence toward any of the other toddlers who wept while watching.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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