A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
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A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
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A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
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One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: "Town life is the nurse of civilization” ( C.L.R. James).
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A woman who suckles an infant not her own .
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verb-transitive
To bear privately in the mind: nursing a grudge.
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To cause or allow to take milk from the breast: a mother nursing her baby.
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To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve: nursed one drink all evening.
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To feed at the breast of; suckle.
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To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster: nursed her business through the depression. See Synonyms at nurture.
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verb-intransitive
To serve as a nurse.
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To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.
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verb
To nourish at the breast .
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To take nourishment from the breast of.
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To promote the development or progress of.
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To manage with care or economy .
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To take charge of and watch over.
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biographical name
Sir Paul Maxime 1949– British geneticist.
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