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nursegirls

nursegirls is the plural of nursegirl.

Meaning of nursegirl

Noun

nursegirl (plural nursegirls)

  1. A young woman employed to look after a baby or young child.
    • 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.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. A young woman who help to take care of the sick or infirm.

Questions about nursegirls

What is nursegirls the plural of?
Nursegirls is the plural of nursegirl.

Words near nursegirls in the dictionary

  1. nursebot
  2. nursebots
  3. nursed
  4. nursedom
  5. nursegirl
  6. nursegirls
  7. nursehound
  8. nursehounds
  9. nursekeeper
  10. nursekeepers
  11. nursekin

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