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Recent Examples of nursemaid
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Soon after, tensions between the couple boiled over and Dr. Ruxton murdered his wife and the household’s nursemaid, Mary.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Typically portrayed as a middle-aged nursemaid whose main claim to fame was surviving the mercurial Tudor king, Catherine was an accomplished scholar, religious reformer and advocate for women’s education.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
For a time, the girl’s only duty in the grand English house was to serve as a kind of human foot warmer, but when her mistress gave birth to a profoundly mentally disabled daughter, Zed became the baby’s devoted nursemaid.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Here the often wonderfully eccentric minor characters — chauffeurs, nursemaids, household servants — vie for center stage with the equally eccentric bourgeois clans that employ them.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 28 July 2023
Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Soon after, tensions between the couple boiled over and Dr. Ruxton murdered his wife and the household’s nursemaid, Mary.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Typically portrayed as a middle-aged nursemaid whose main claim to fame was surviving the mercurial Tudor king, Catherine was an accomplished scholar, religious reformer and advocate for women’s education.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
For a time, the girl’s only duty in the grand English house was to serve as a kind of human foot warmer, but when her mistress gave birth to a profoundly mentally disabled daughter, Zed became the baby’s devoted nursemaid.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Here the often wonderfully eccentric minor characters — chauffeurs, nursemaids, household servants — vie for center stage with the equally eccentric bourgeois clans that employ them.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 28 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursemaid
Noun
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Doctors and nurses were wheeling his wife, 33-year-old Hailey Okula, to the intensive care unit shortly after giving birth to their son, Crew, by cesarean section at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Expanding the number of doctors and nurses serving Illinois and the nation.—
Dick Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Karimloo, who more often plays serious types, brings a nice bit of comic undertones to the Pirate King, and Monsoon is an absolute hoot as the needy, conniving pirate nanny.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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Imagine if Uncle Bob had a nanny cam embedded in that huge taxidermied leopard.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Nursemaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursemaid. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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