Meaning of nurse | Babel Free

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1. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:
   informal
2. Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
   informal
3. A surname
4. A surname.
5. A nurse shark or dogfish.
6. A medical worker performing this role, typically someone trained to provide such care but having credentials and rank below a doctor or physician assistant.
7. the profession of a nurse who cares for the sick. verpleging تَمْريض мед. сестринство enfermagem ošetřovatelství die Krankenpflege sygepleje το επάγγελμα του νοσοκόμου profesión de enfermera, enfermería põetamine پرستار hoitotyö profession d'infirmier/-ière סיעוד उपचयी, उपचार njega (beteg)ápolás perawatan hjúkrunarstörf (professione d'infermiere) 看護 간호 slauga, slaugymas kopšana merawat pesakit verplegingsykepleie pielęgniarstwo نرس enfermagem nursing, asistenţă medi­cală профессия медицинской...
8. A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant.
9. a nurse who looks after small children. kinderoppasser مُرَبِّيَة أطْفال бавачка ama-seca vychovatelka, slečna k dětem das Kindermädchen barnepige παραμάναniñera, aya lapsehoidja دايه؛ دختر پرستار lastenhoitaja bonne d'enfants מְטַפֶּלֶת dadilja gyermeklány perawat anak barnfóstra bambinaia 子もり 아이 보는 여자 auklė aukle pengasuh kanak-kanak kindermeisjebarnepikeniańka دايه ama-seca bonă няня vychovávateľka pestunja medicinska sestra koja se brine o maloj deci barnflicka, barnjungfru ผู้หญิงที่เลี้...
10. A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
11. a person who runs, or works in, a nursery for plants. kweker صاحِب مَشْتَل، عامِل في مَشْتَل работник в разсадник sementeiro školkař der Pflanzenzüchter planteskolemand εργάτης φυτωρίου horticultor taimekoolipidaja باغبان؛ پرورنده گياهان puutarhuri pépiniériste בַּעַל מִשתָלָה संवर्धक व्यक्ति vrtlar u rasadniku műkertész pengurus tanaman garðyrkjumaður vivaista 苗木屋 묘목업자 daigyno/medelyno savininkas/darbininkas dēstu audzētavas dārznieks/strādnieks penjaga tapak semaian kwekerplanteskoleeier sz...
12. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
    figuratively
13. a short, simple poem for children. kinderrympie قَصيدَه أو نَشيد مُقَفّى للأطْفال стихотворение за деца rima infantil dětská říkanka der Kinderreim børnerim παιδικό τραγούδι poema infantil lastesalmike اشعار مخصوص کودکان loru comptine שִׁיר יְלָדִים बच्चों का गीत pjesmica za malu djecu gyermekvers puisi anak-anak barnavísa/-gæla filastrocca 子もり歌 동료, 자장가 vaikiškas eilėraštukas bērnu dzejolītis; skaitāmpantiņš lagu dan puisi kanak-kanak kinderversje barnerim rymowanka نوع شعر براى اطفال quadra ...
14. A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
15. a school for very young children. kleuterskool دار حِضانَه للأطْفال детска градина jardim de infância mateřská školka der Kindergarten børnehave νηπιαγωγείοparvulario lasteaed کودکستان lastentarha jardin d'enfants, école maternelle גַן יְלָדִים छोटे बच्चों का विद्यालय, शिशु पाठशाला dječji vrtić óvoda taman kanak-kanak leikskóli, dagheimili asilo infantile; scuola materna 保育園 보육원 vaikų darželis bērnudārzs taman bimbingan kanak-kanak peuterklasbarnehageprzedszkole ابتدايه ښونځى،وړكتون jardim de...
16. A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
17. a small private hospital. versorgingskliniek مُسْتَشْفى خاص للعَمَلِيّات الجِراحِيَّه والوِلادَه والنَّقاهَه частна клиника casa de saúde sanatorium die Privatklinik plejehjem κλινική clínica de reposo erahaigla بيمارستان خصوصى yksityissairaala clinique מוֹסָד סִיעוּדִי उपचार-गृह starački dom (magán)szanatórium rumah sakit kecil einkaspítali, klíník (clinica privata) 私立病院 작은 사설 병원 privati ligoninė, slaugos namai privātklīnika rumah penjagaan verpleeghuisprivatklinikk; pleiehjem prywatna klini...
18. A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
19. A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office.
20. A wet nurse.
    archaic
21. A person employed to take care of a young child.
22. One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: "Town life is the nurse of civilization" (C.L.R. James).
23. Zoology A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony's young.
    Zoology

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Examples

“My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery.”

“The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward.”

“Francis Urquhart: Right. Mackenzie. Health. No chance of getting him into a demo at a hospital, I suppose? Tim Stamper: Doesn't go to hospitals any more. Kept getting beaten up by the nurses... I think he has trouble getting insured now.”

“They hired a nurse to care for their young boy.”

“Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen".”

“the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise”

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