Definitions for nursemaid

nursemaid nurse·maid

Spelling: [nurs-meyd]
IPA: /ˈnɜrsˌmeɪd/

Nursemaid is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 885 anagrams from letters in nursemaid (adeimnrsu).

Definitions for nursemaid

noun

  1. Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.

verb (used with object)

  1. to act as a nursemaid to; to take care of or look after protectively.

Origin of nursemaid

First recorded in 1650-60; nurse + maid

Examples for nursemaid

"It is rude to point," says the nursemaid to her little charge.

From the duchess to the nursemaid, by Jove, they are all alike!

What the child is in the hands of the nursemaid, we may see anywhere.

"At fourteen and sixteen we surely don't need a nursemaid," sniffed Marjorie.

No wonder she can keep a nursemaid, if that's where she spends her time.

Harvey Rolfe had no choice but to repeat what seemed good to Louie the nursemaid.

So she salved her nursemaid's conscience—with the help of the fifty pounds.

And he uttered a groan which made a nursemaid turn and stare.

She talks to him as if she were his nursemaid, Sophia thought.

She knew the nursemaid was busy; would not ring, but carried him out herself.

Word Value for nursemaid
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