| Nurse (nurse) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Nurse |
| [OE. nourse,
nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice,
nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse,
prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to
nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. |
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings
up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young
children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own.
(b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of
the sick or infirm.
One who, or that which, brings up, rears,
causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
A lieutenant or first
officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his
place.
A
peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariæ by
asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia.
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To nourish] to cherish; to
foster
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a
weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to
plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by,
attention.
To manage with care and economy, with a
view to increase; as, to nurse our national
resources.
To caress; to fondle, as a nurse
does.
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