NOUN | person | nursemaid, nanny, nurse | a woman who is the custodian of children |
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Meaning | A woman who is the custodian of children. | |
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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 |
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 |
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