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nursey

nursey is the alternative form of nursie.

Meaning of nursie

Noun

nursie (plural nursies)

  1. (childish, mainly, term-of-address) A nurse.
    • “Bravo, Nursie!” cried Marway. “There ain't a flunkey of you all could do it better!” Clare said nothing, finished the job, and stood up.1891, George MacDonald, A Rough Shaking

Forms of nursey

pluralnurseys

Origin of nursey

From nurse + -y.

Questions about nursey

What is nursey the alternative form of?
Nursey is the alternative form of nursie.

Words near nursey in the dictionary

  1. nursest
  2. nursetender
  3. nursetenders
  4. nurseth
  5. nursewear
  6. nursey
  7. nurseys
  8. nurshing
  9. nursie
  10. nursies
  11. nursin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nursey (page history and authors); nursie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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