nursemaid

English

Etymology

nurse +‎ maid

Noun

nursemaid (plural nursemaids)

a woman or girl employed to care for children

Synonyms

Translations

child's nurse

Armenian: դայակ (hy) (dayak)
Dutch: kindermeisje (nl) n
Esperanto: vanjo
French: nounou (fr) f, nourrice (fr) f, bonne d'enfants (fr) f
Greek: νταντά (el) f (dantá)
Italian: bambinaia (it) f, babysitter (it), tata (it) f
Latvian: aukle f

Macedonian: дадилка (mk) f (dádilka)
Portuguese: babá (pt) f
Russian: ня́ня (ru) f (njánja)
Serbo-Croatian: sluškinja (sh)
Spanish: niñera (es) f, nana (es) f (Latin America)
Swedish: barnflicka (sv) c, barnpassare
Volapük: (male or female) cilikälädan, (female) cilijikälädan

Verb

nursemaid (third-person singular simple present nursemaids, present participle nursemaiding, simple past and past participle nursemaided)

To tend to as a nursemaid.
(colloquial) To care for or look after.
I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.

Anagrams

muraenids

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