nurse

nurse
n
1. registered nurse, R.N., practical nurse, licensed practical nurse, L.P.N., private nurse, head nurse, Brit. sister; male nurse, orderly, hospital attendant; nurse's aide, Sl. candystriper.
2. dry nurse, governess, nursemaid, nurserymaid, Chiefly Brit. nanny, (in the southern U.S.) mammy, wet nurse.
v
3. care for, take care of, tend to, attend to, minister to, wait on, wait on hand and foot; treat, doctor.
4.(all of an infant) suckle, wet-nurse, breast-feed; nurture, cradle, feed, take care of, care for; dry-nurse, parent, mother, cherish; coddle, pamper, baby, indulge, pet, mollycoddle; foster, bring up, rear, raise, train.
5. harbor, keep, hold, sustain, maintain

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