nurs·ling noun alsonurse·ling\ˈnərsliŋ, ˈnə̄s-, ˈnəis-, -lēŋ\ (-s) Etymology:nurse (I) + -ling 1.: one that is solicitously cared for and fostered < was the child and nursling of that Burgundian court — Sarah Austin > 2.: a nursing child or other young nursing mammal; especially: one that is suckled by another than its mother