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nurse·maid    Audio Help   [nurs-meyd] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Also called nurs·er·y·maid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, esp. in a household.
–verb (used with object)
2.to act as a nursemaid to; to take care of or look after protectively.
[Origin: 1650–60; nurse + maid]
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nurse·maid    Audio Help   (nûrs'mād')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A woman employed to take care of children.

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nursemaid

noun
a woman who is the custodian of children [syn: nanny] 

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ˈnursemaid noun
a nurse who looks after small children
Arabic: مُرَبِّيَة أطْفال
Chinese (Simplified): 保姆，育婴女佣
Chinese (Traditional): 保姆，育嬰女佣
Czech: vychovatelka, slečna k dětem
Danish: barnepige
Dutch: kindermeisje
Estonian: lapsehoidja
Finnish: lastenhoitaja
French: bonne d'enfants
German: das Kindermädchen
Greek: παραμάνα
Hungarian: gyermeklány
Icelandic: barnfóstra
Indonesian: perawat anak
Italian: bambinaia
Japanese: 子もり
Korean: 보모
Latvian: aukle
Lithuanian: auklė
Norwegian: barnepike
Polish: niańka
Portuguese (Brazil): babá
Portuguese (Portugal): ama-seca
Romanian: bonă
Russian: няня
Slovak: vychovávateľka
Slovenian: pestunja
Spanish: niñera, aya
Swedish: barnflicka, barnjungfru
Turkish: dadı
See also: nursery, nurseryman, nursing, nursing-home, nurse, nursery rhyme, nursery school, "nursemaid" in any language

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