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nursemaid

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nurse⋅maid

  [nurs-meyd]
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–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   (nûrs'mād')   
n.  A woman employed to take care of children.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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