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wardmaid

wardmaid is the alternative form of wardsmaid.

Meaning of wardsmaid

Noun

wardsmaid (plural wardsmaids)

  1. A woman who manages a hospital ward.
    • Chronic and quiet patients are just those who render most assistance in carrying on the daily routine of house-cleaning and other work in the asylum; and if they are removed it will be necessary in most cases to hire wardsmaids of a class much below that of the ordinary asylum attendant or nurse to...1877 January, The Journal of Mental Science, volume 22, page 597

Forms of wardmaid

pluralwardmaids

Questions about wardmaid

What is wardmaid the alternative form of?
Wardmaid is the alternative form of wardsmaid.

Words near wardmaid in the dictionary

  1. wardless
  2. Wardley
  3. wardlike
  4. Wardlow
  5. Wardlows
  6. wardmaid
  7. wardmaids
  8. wardman
  9. Wardmans
  10. wardmaster
  11. wardmasters

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