sicknurse
sicknurse noun: a nurse; a person employed to take care of somebody who is unwell.
Noun
sicknurse (plural sicknurses)
- A nurse; a person employed to take care of somebody who is unwell.
- Working as a sicknurse may have provided women with a supplementary income, and many women may have taken on the work since it required no recognised training.2004, Susan Broomhall, Women's Medical Work in Early Modern France, page 82
- But the law also did not define the duties of a sicknurse. However, the 1870 Commission determined, based on Dr. Shier's Inspection Records, "that the whole responsibility of the Hospital, except prescribing medicine or performing operations, falls upon the sicknurse" […]2015, Ramesh Gampat, Guyana: from Slavery to the Present: Vol. 1 Health System
Verb
sicknurse (third-person singular simple present sicknurses, present participle sicknursing, simple past and past participle sicknursed)
- To nurse; to take care of somebody who is unwell.
Forms of sicknurse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sicknurses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sicknurses |
| present participle | sicknursing |
| past participle | sicknursed |
| past | sicknursed |
Origin of sicknurse
From sick + nurse.
Questions about sicknurse
- What does sicknurse mean?
- Sicknurse means a nurse; a person employed to take care of somebody who is unwell.
- What part of speech is sicknurse?
- Sicknurse can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of sicknurse?
- The plural of sicknurse is sicknurses.
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