Meanings
plural nursemaids
- A woman or girl employed to care for children.
Synonyms: nanny, nurserymaid
present singular third person nursemaids · participle present nursemaiding · participle past nursemaided · past nursemaided
- To tend to as a nursemaid.
- colloquialTo care for or look after.
I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.
1 more example
‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.
1992, Douglas Adams, chapter 14, in Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 120
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman or girl employed to care for children.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian бавачка
- бавачка (bavačka)child's nurse
Dutch kindermeisje
- kindermeisjechild's nurse
Esperanto vanjo
- vanjochild's nurse
Finnish lastenhoitaja
- lastenhoitajachild's nurse
French nounou, nourrice
- nounouchild's nurse
- nourricechild's nurse
- bonne d'enfantschild's nurse
Greek νταντά
- νταντά (ntantá)child's nurse
Italian bambinaia, babysitter
- bambinaiachild's nurse
- babysitterchild's nurse
- tatachild's nurse
Latvian aukle
- auklechild's nurse
Norwegian Bokmål barnepike, barnepasser
- barnepikechild's nurse
- barnepasserchild's nurse
Portuguese babá
- babáchild's nurse
Russian ня́ня
- ня́ня (njánja)child's nurse
Spanish niñera, nana
- niñerachild's nurse
- nanachild's nurse
Swedish barnflicka, barnpassare
- barnflickachild's nurse
- barnpassarechild's nurse
Cite this entry
nursemaid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursemaid
“nursemaid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursemaid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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