nursemaid
/ˈnɜːsmeɪd/noun
उच्चारण नर्स्मेड
आया, धाय
Core word
noun
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[C] old-fashioned
a woman or girl whose job is to look after young children in a family's home
आया, धाय
- As a child, he was brought up by a nursemaid.
- In old Victorian novels, rich families often employed a nursemaid for their children.
- The nursemaid took the children to the park every afternoon.
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- A kind nursemaid looked after the baby while the parents worked.
- The family hired a nursemaid for their three young sons.
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[C] disapproving
a person who looks after another adult too carefully, as if they were a child
(किसी वयस्क की) बच्चे की तरह देखभाल करने वाला
- I'm not going to play nursemaid to a grown man.
- I refuse to be a nursemaid to colleagues who never read the instructions.
- The manager is not a nursemaid and cannot check every report.
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- He felt like a nursemaid to his careless team.
- Teachers should not have to play nursemaid to adult trainees.