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Recent Examples of nursemaid
The child is five, the youngest of a large, well-to-do family and the only daughter: doted upon by her mother and her nursemaid, exquisitely dressed in tiny silk dresses patterned after those worn by Queen Victoria’s children.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Anna has come East to meet her estranged father, the Swedish bargeman Chris (Brian d’Arcy James), who believes Anna’s been earning money as a nursemaid.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursemaid
Noun
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Recognizing her struggle, a nurse shared her own history of recovering from opioid addiction.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Orbegoso said the hospice nurse went to work on papers in her car a block over after leaving the house, when their mail carrier approached her.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The episode is hailed as one of the most iconic in the show's history, mainly due to Meghann famously clashing with nanny Jo Frost.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
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Investigators found bullet holes in the trailer and on the exterior wall of the home's second-floor nursery, where the three kids were with their nanny.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Nursemaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursemaid. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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