A woman who takes care of a child; a wet nurse, nursemaid or foster-mother.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] (64) nouricec1225 A woman who takes care of a child; a wet nurse, nursemaid or foster-mother. keeper?c1450 A nurse; one who has charge of the sick. nursekeeper1602 A nurse who tends the sick. Cf. keeper, n. 1e. Also figurative. nursea1616 A person (historically usually a woman) who cares for the sick or infirm; (now chiefly) spec. a person professionally qualified for this activity… Parabolanus1673 In the Church in Alexandria and Constantinople in the 5th and 6th centuries: a member of a class of unordained helpers who attended the sick in… sister1716 A senior nurse having charge of a ward in a hospital, or holding a similar position; (also) any member of a body of nurses. Also prefixed as a… nurse-tendera1743 A nurse who tends to the sick or infirm, now esp. one engaged temporarily. sick-nurse1816 A nurse who attends upon the sick. Nightingale1862 allusively. A nurse. Now chiefly historical. Norlander1944 A Norland nurse or nanny. Subcategories:— female (3) — young nurse (1) — night nurse (2) — in charge of specific patient (1) — qualified (1) — in Australia (1) — sister (5) — staff nurse (1) — registered nurse (7) — enrolled (2) — licensed practical nurse (1) — post-natal nurse (2) — other types (24) — Florence Nightingale (1) — mode of address to nurse (1) — organized system or established ways (1) |
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