"wardsmaid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wardsmaids [plural]
Etymology: From ward + -s- + maid. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ward|-s-|maid}} ward + -s- + maid Head templates: {{en-noun}} wardsmaid (plural wardsmaids)
  1. A woman who manages a ward. Coordinate_terms: wardsman

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1877 January, The Journal of Mental Science, volume 22, page 597:",
          "text": "Chronic and quiet patients are just those who render most assistance in carrying on the daily routine of house-cleaning and other work in the asylum; and if they are removed it will be necessary in most cases to hire wardsmaids of a class much below that of the ordinary asylum attendant or nurse to replace them.",
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          "text": "She was a wardsmaid at the Point Fortin Hospital for many years until she retired.",
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