Definitions for nursemaids

nursemaids nurse·maid

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

Nursemaids is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1068 anagrams from letters in nursemaids (adeimnrssu).

Definitions for nursemaids

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 nursemaids

First recorded in 1650-60; nurse + maid

Examples for nursemaids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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