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nurse·maid

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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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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):	amaseca
Romanian:	bonă
Russian:	няня
Slovak:	vychovávateľka
Slovenian:	pestunja
Spanish:	niñera, aya
Swedish:	barnflicka, barnjungfru
Turkish:	dadı