nurse
A person involved in providing direct care for the sickA person involved in providing direct care for the sick: Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
» The nurse looked after the babies.
Медсестра доглядала за немовлятами.
Meaning
10 sensesA person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
(informal)Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery.
A medical worker performing this role, typically someone trained to provide such care but having credentials and rank below a doctor or physician assistant.
The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.
A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant.
(figuratively)One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".
A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
A nurse shark or dogfish.
(archaic)A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.
Kinderfrau, Kindermädchen
ня́няnjánja, корми́лицаkormílica
ня́няnjánja, годува́льницяhoduválʹnycja
a woman who is the custodian of children
(archaic)A wet nurse.
Examples
529 sentencesThe nurse looked after the babies.
Медсестра доглядала за немовлятами. — deniko
I want to be a nurse.
Я хочу бути медсестрою. — deniko
ruЯ хочу быть медсестрой. — marafon
deIch will Krankenschwester werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary wanted to be a nurse.
Мері хотіла бути медсестрою. — deniko
ruМэри хотела стать медсестрой. — odexed
deMaria wollte Krankenschwester werden. — Adelpa
Her dream is to become a nurse.
Її мрія — стати медсестрою. — deniko
ruЕё мечта - стать медсестрой. — sharptoothed
deSie träumt davon, Krankenschwester zu werden. — enteka
Why do you want to be a nurse?
Чому ти хочеш бути медсестрою? — deniko
ruПочему ты хочешь быть медсестрой? — heccele
deWarum willst du Krankenschwester werden? — Sudajaengi
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun basedFrom Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).
Uncertain; earlier (16th century) nusse, nuse. Perhaps from huss, through metanalysis of "an huss" as "a nuss".
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Forms
plural: nursesSynonyms
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53 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- is a nurse
- as a nurse
- the nurse gave
- nurse gave