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Meaning of "nursemaid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NURSEMAID

nursemaid  [ˈnɜːsˌmeɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NURSEMAID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nursemaid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NURSEMAID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nursemaid

Nursemaid

A nursemaid or nursery maid, is mostly a historical term of employment for a female servant employed in the field of the care of children within the community of a large household, from the medieval castle, through the Georgian Manor house, to the Victorian townhouse or Great house.

Definition of nursemaid in the English dictionary

The definition of nursemaid in the dictionary is a woman or girl employed to look after someone else's children Often shortened to: nurse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NURSEMAID


barmaid
ˈbɑːˌmeɪd
bondmaid
ˈbɒndˌmeɪd
bridemaid
ˈbraɪdˌmeɪd
bridesmaid
ˈbraɪdzˌmeɪd
chambermaid
ˈtʃeɪmbəˌmeɪd
cookmaid
ˈkʊkˌmeɪd
dairymaid
ˈdɛərɪˌmeɪd
handmade
ˌhændˈmeɪd
handmaid
ˈhændˌmeɪd
housemaid
ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd
machine-made
məˈʃiːnˌmeɪd
made
meɪd
maid
meɪd
mermaid
ˈmɜːˌmeɪd
milkmaid
ˈmɪlkˌmeɪd
nurserymaid
ˈnɜːsrɪˌmeɪd
pantrymaid
ˈpæntrɪˌmeɪd
precision-made
prɪˈsɪʒənˌmeɪd
schoolmaid
ˈskuːlˌmeɪd
seamaid
ˈsiːˌmeɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NURSEMAID

nurse
nurse practitioner
nurse shark
nursehound
nurselike
nurseling
nurser
nurseries
nursery
nursery cannon
nursery education
nursery nurse
nursery rhyme
nursery school
nursery slope
nursery slopes
nursery stakes
nurserymaid
nurseryman
nurserymen

WORDS THAT END LIKE NURSEMAID

afraid
aid
braid
first aid
Haid
kitchenmaid
lady´s maid
laid
Medicaid
meter maid
old maid
overlaid
paid
parlourmaid
plaid
prepaid
raid
said
scullery maid
unpaid

Synonyms and antonyms of nursemaid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NURSEMAID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nursemaid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of nursemaid
angel · nanny · nurse

Translation of «nursemaid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NURSEMAID

Find out the translation of nursemaid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nursemaid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nursemaid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

保姆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

niñera
570 millions of speakers

English

nursemaid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المربية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

няня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

babá
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nurse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anak perempuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kindermädchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世話焼き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유모
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nursemaid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cô gái giư em
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nursemaid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नर्सकेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dadı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bambinaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niańka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

няня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nursemaid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kinderoppasser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nursemaid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

barnepike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nursemaid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NURSEMAID»

The term «nursemaid» is regularly used and occupies the 73.740 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NURSEMAID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nursemaid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nursemaid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nursemaid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NURSEMAID»

Discover the use of nursemaid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nursemaid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The careful nursemaid, with hints on the management of children
WHEN I leave school, mother says I shall go to service ; and Mrs. Brown, at the shop, has promised to recommend me, if she hears of any one who wants a nursemaid. She says I am sure to get a place, if I leave school with a good character.
Careful nursemaid, 1844
2
99 Cent Adventure Time Stories William Klump, Nursemaid
WILLIAM. KLUMP,. NURSEMAID. By. JOE. ARCHIBALD. The Hawkeye Hawkshaw plays “wooden duck” for a killer and gets a clue from Mother Goose! ERTRUDE MUDGETT read the gossip columns as regularly as bangtail fever patients ...
Joe Archibald, 2014
3
Adventure, Horror, Mystery Classics Best Seller's for 99 ...
Popular Deteerlw. February. l9“ WILLIAM KLUMP, NURSEMAID Popular Detective, February, 1944 WILLIAM KLUMP, NURSEMAID By JOE ARCHI. The Hawkeye Hawkshaw plays “wooden duck” for a killer and gets a cluefrom Mother Goose!
Joe Archibald, 2014
4
That's My Bellybutton: Memoirs of a Pediatrician
As a pediatrician, among some of the simplest and most satisfying things I did was to reduce a dislocated radial head, or, in layman's terms, fix a nursemaid's elbow. A typical story usually went something like this. A mother was walking with her ...
Neil Aronson, 2006
5
Nervous People, and Other Satires
A certain couple, the Farforovs, had a nursemaid. They hired her even before their baby was born. They could not provide their baby with care and tenderness themselves because the two of them had jobs in industry. Seryoga Farforov himself ...
Mikhail Zoshchenko, Hugh McLean, 1975
6
The Spell of Sleeping Beauty
NURSEMAID'S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE, RIGHT.) Your Majesty! Your Majesty! KING RUDOLPH: Who's that? QUILL/PRIME MINISTER: (Looking OFFSTAGE, RIGHT.) It's the nursemaid. KING RUDOLPH: The nursemaid? QUEEN ELEANOR: ...
7
Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism
But making the nursemaid so much the focus of attention, in her exemplary clothing and her vivid figuration, raises crucial questions about the intention of the image. It suggests that Cook might have had in mind something more specific than ...
Laura Wexler, 2000
8
Your Toddler: Head to Toe
If you know how to fix nursemaid's elbow, then you can do it yourself. The steps are reviewed in the sidebar on page 162. If you don't know how, or if you are uneasy about doing it, leave the elbow alone. If you are unsure whether it is ...
Cara Familian Natterson, 2009
9
Female Subjects in Black and White: Race, Psychoanalysis, ...
Photographing the "nursemaid" does not threaten the hegemony of sentiment, but it can "raise a thousand inquiries," questions that one might not want the "little eye and hand" to ask. Unlike the white mother, the black "nursemaid" does not ...
Elizabeth Abel, Barbara Christian, Helene Moglen, 1997
10
The Bonesetter's Daughter
Struggling to regain her voice and express her true feelings to her husband, ghostwriter Ruth Young discovers that her inability to speak closely parallels the story of her mother LuLing's early life in China.
Amy Tan, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NURSEMAID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nursemaid is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Mission To Save Foals In Athens Is Getting National Attention
The foals are born in the Blue Grass State and are the offspring of the nursemaid horses who are bred just to provide milk for thoroughbred ... «10TV, Jul 15»
2
Must-read romances: 'A School for Brides,' 'Tin Man'
Lord Byron had an abusive nursemaid, for instance, and several royals had pretty odd caretakers. So, naturally, I had to have an evil governess ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
Pay is a two-way deal
... be busy preparing itself for the global economic rivalry that will be at the heart of the mid-21st century, rather than playing nursemaid to those ... «FT Adviser, Jul 15»
4
Black cop Leroy Smith aids white supremacist neo-Nazi in heat at …
It's not a cop's job to play nursemaid. His job is to make sure protesters don't get too rowdy and bust stuff or people up. So Officer Smith was ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
5
Dutch National Ballet's Cinderella: Coliseum, London - theatre …
Some of Wheeldon's slapstick has a sour edge: the stepmother's tipsiness, the child prince and Benjamin teasing their voluptuous nursemaid. «The Independent, Jul 15»
6
'The Real Housewives of Orange County' Vicki Gunvalson And …
It was insinuated that Briana thought that Ayers was only using Gunvalson as his nursemaid and would dump her if he got better. «Movie News Guide, Jul 15»
7
Lazy Kids: What's Really Going On
Could it be that your child enjoys having a nursemaid to take on all their responsibilities, so they feel superior and evade their own duties? «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
8
From man-eating plant to mash-ups
... the story of a poor florist's assistant who allows his craving for fame and fortune to seduce him into playing nursemaid to a man-eating plant. «Scarborough Today, Jul 15»
9
'Mr. Holmes' movie review: Ian McKellen shines in portrait of the …
Aside from McKellen, we also get the reliable Laura Linney as his sad-eyed housekeeper/nursemaid, Mrs. Munro. The big surprise, though, ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
10
Brooks Ayers' Cancer Saved His Relationship With Vicki Gunvalson …
“Brooks has tried to reach out to Briana, for Vicki's sake, but it seems Briana thinks Brooks is using Vicki as a nursemaid and will dump her once ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nursemaid [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nursemaid>. May 2024 ».
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