"nursemaid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nursemaids [plural]
Etymology: 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)
    Sense id: en-nursemaid-en-noun-nKBwmNBE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 5 47

Verb

Forms: nursemaids [present, singular, third-person], nursemaiding [participle, present], nursemaided [participle, past], nursemaided [past]
Etymology: 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.
    Sense id: en-nursemaid-en-verb-NSwAw6u0
  2. (colloquial) To care for or look after. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-nursemaid-en-verb-CsN8UIss Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 5 47

Inflected forms

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