nursemaid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *nursemaid*:
NOUN	person	nursemaid, nanny, nurse	a woman who is the custodian of children

English > *nursemaid*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A woman who is the custodian of children.
Synonyms	nanny, nurse
Narrower	dry nurse	A nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant
	mammy	An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
	wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah	A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Broader	keeper	someone in charge of other people
Broader	woman, adult female	An adult female person (as opposed to a man)
Spanish	ama, aya, chichi, nana, niñera, nodriza, norsa, nurse, pilmama, tata
Catalan	mainadera

HyperDic: nursemaid