Definition of nurse

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Nurse (n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm..

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Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Fostress :: Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy.
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.
Nursepond :: Nursepond (n.) A pond where fish are fed.
Nurstle :: Nurstle (v. t.) To nurse. See Noursle.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish; to cherish; to foste.
Nurserymen :: Nurserymen (pl. ) of Nurseryma.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which is nursed.
Suckling :: Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
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