Meaning of nursegirl | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A young woman employed to look after a baby or young child.
2. A young woman who help to take care of the sick or infirm.

Examples

“The reapers were slowly trooping back to their work. The nurse-girl slapped one of her charges and then began to push the perambulator up the hill.”

“Caroline was that hard and unalterable fact which turned Martha's life, in spite of a pleasant and helpful nursegirl, into a routine which began at five sharp every morning when the light first showed, and ended at seven in the evening, when she went to bed.”

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