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Word nurse
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / nɜːs / NAmE / nɜːrs /
Example
  • a qualified/registered nurse
  • student nurses
  • a male nurse
  • a dental nurse (= one who helps a dentist)
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nurse

(noun)BrE / nɜːs / NAmE / nɜːrs /
  1. a person whose job is to take care of sick or injured people, usually in a hospital
    • see also charge nurse
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/charge-nurse
    • a qualified/registered nurse
    • student nurses
    • a male nurse
    • a dental nurse (= one who helps a dentist)
    • a psychiatric nurse (= one who works in a hospital for people with mental illnesses)
    • Nurse Bennett
    • Nurse, come quickly!
    • My daughter prefers to see a woman doctor.
    • They have a male nanny for their kids.
    • a female racing driver
    • Everyone needs to feel he is loved.
    • Does everybody know what they want?
    • Somebody’s left their coat here.
    • I hope nobody’s forgotten to bring their passport with them.
    • Everyone knows what’s best for him- or herself.
    • If in doubt, ask your doctor. He/she can give you more information.
    • A baby cries when he or she is tired
    • Babies cry when they are tired.
  2. (in the past) a woman or girl whose job was to take care of babies or small children in their own homes
    • see also nursery nurse
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nursery-nurse

    Extra Examples

    • the children’s staff nurse
    • a dental nurse
    • a psychiatric nurse
    • a qualified/registered nurse

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: contraction of earlier nourice, from Old French, from late Latin nutricia, feminine of Latin nutricius ‘(person) that nourishes’, from nutrix, nutric- ‘nurse’, from nutrire ‘nourish’. The verb was originally a contraction of nourish, altered under the influence of the noun.
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