Nursemaid: alternatives and connections

A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

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A child's name for mamma, mother.

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A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

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One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything.

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An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

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One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

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A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.

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One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.