nurser

Definition of nursernext
as in nurse
a person employed to care for a young child or children volunteered at the hospital as a nurser to hold premature babies

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Noun
  • Recognizing her struggle, a nurse shared her own history of recovering from opioid addiction.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • Orbegoso said the hospice nurse went to work on papers in her car a block over after leaving the house, when their mail carrier approached her.
    Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • In the film, Walter portrayed Chessy, the housekeeper and nanny to Nick Parker (played by Dennis Quaid).
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Moving between Lucila’s dating life, her job as au pair, her second gig as a food delivery driver, and the community of Latin American nannies that forms her social circle, the film is left with little time to fully establish the contours of her family situation.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 May 2026
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“Nurser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurser. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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