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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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Nursed :: Nursed (imp. & p. p.) of Nurs.

Drynurse :: Drynurse (v. t.) To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.

Nursemaid :: Nursemaid (n.) A girl employed to attend children.

Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..

Suckle :: Suckle (v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.

Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.

Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.

Tender :: Tender (n.) One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

Altrices :: Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces..

Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors..

Escargatoire :: Escargatoire (n.) A nursery of snails.

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..

Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..

Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..

Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees..

Suckling :: Suckling (v. t.) A young child or animal nursed at the breast.