From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnursemaidnurse‧maid /ˈnɜːsmeɪd $ ˈnɜːrs-/ noun [countable] old-fashioned BOLOOK AFTER somebodya woman employed to look after young children
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nursemaid• As for Jamie, he saw her as nothing but a helpmate for Katherine and a nursemaid for Patrick.• But even these can not afford to act as nursemaids to more than a few sick clients.• What concerned me was that Mrs Witherspoon was there and that her presence relieved me of my job as nursemaid and bottle-washer.• And then there would have been the further inconvenience of the nursemaid.• None of the nursemaids I had engaged were of any use at all.• Mami was in a good mood, letting the baby go off with the nursemaid, Milagros.• The nursemaid and I took it to him.• Whatever Eloise said or did to upset young nursemaids remained a mystery to him. 