单词 | wardmaid |
释义 | > as lemmaswardmaid wardmaid n. (also wardsmaid) a maidservant who performs the menial offices of a hospital ward. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > hospital attendant > performing menial tasks lint-scraper1860 wardmaid1888 1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 68 The ward-maid was out. 1901 Daily Chron. 1 May 1/7 Hartley Wintney Union. Wanted a wardsmaid. 1909 Englishwoman Apr. 240 In the smaller infirmaries, there are often wardmaids, with no training, who are expected to do nurses' work. < as lemmas |
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