nursemaid

nurse·maid  (nûrsmd)

n.

A woman employed to take care of children.

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nursemaid or nurserymaid

Noun

a woman employed to look after children

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nursemaid - a woman who is the custodian of children nanny, nurse dry nurse - a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"