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nurse's we

nurse's we noun: the word we used to refer to an individual person being addressed.

Noun

nurse's we

  1. The word we used to refer to an individual person being addressed.
    Synonyms:
    doctor's we

Synonyms of nurse's we

Origin of nurse's we

From the idea that this sense of we is typically used by a nurse to a patient.

Questions about nurse's we

What does nurse's we mean?
Nurse's we means the word we used to refer to an individual person being addressed.
What part of speech is nurse's we?
Nurse's we is a noun.

Words near nurse's we in the dictionary

  1. Nurse Ratcheds
  2. nurse shark
  3. nurse sharks
  4. nurse's assistant
  5. nurse's assistants
  6. nurse's we
  7. nurse-assistant
  8. nurse-assistants
  9. nurse-in
  10. nurse-ins
  11. nurse-practitioner

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