"nursemaid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nursemaids [plural]
Etymology: From nurse + maid. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nurse|maid}} nurse + maid Head templates: {{en-noun}} nursemaid (plural nursemaids)
  1. A woman or girl employed to care for children. Synonyms: nanny, nurserymaid Related terms: au pair Coordinate_terms: nurseman Translations (child's nurse): դայակ (dayak) (Armenian), бавачка (bavačka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kindermeisje [neuter] (Dutch), vanjo (Esperanto), lastenhoitaja (Finnish), nounou [feminine] (French), nourrice [feminine] (French), bonne d’enfants [feminine] (French), νταντά (ntantá) [feminine] (Greek), bambinaia [feminine] (Italian), babysitter (Italian), tata [feminine] (Italian), aukle [feminine] (Latvian), дадилка (dadilka) [feminine] (Macedonian), barnepike [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barnepasser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), babá [feminine] (Portuguese), ня́ня (njánja) [feminine] (Russian), sluškinja (Serbo-Croatian), niñera [feminine] (Spanish), nana [Latin-America, feminine] (Spanish), barnflicka [common-gender] (Swedish), barnpassare (Swedish), cilikälädan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), cilijikälädan [feminine] (Volapük)
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Verb

Forms: nursemaids [present, singular, third-person], nursemaiding [participle, present], nursemaided [participle, past], nursemaided [past]
Etymology: From nurse + maid. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|nurse|maid}} nurse + maid Head templates: {{en-verb}} nursemaid (third-person singular simple present nursemaids, present participle nursemaiding, simple past and past participle nursemaided)
  1. To tend to as a nursemaid.
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  2. (colloquial) To care for or look after. Tags: colloquial
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      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дадилка"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barnepike"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barnepasser"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "njánja",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ня́ня"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "word": "sluškinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niñera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "barnflicka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "word": "barnpassare"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cilikälädan"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "child's nurse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cilijikälädan"
    }
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  "word": "nursemaid"
}

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      "glosses": [
        "To tend to as a nursemaid."
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          "text": "I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.",
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          "ref": "1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 14, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 120:",
          "text": "‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.",
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        "To care for or look after."
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        "(colloquial) To care for or look after."
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  "word": "nursemaid"
}

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