nurse

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
  2. noun a woman who is the custodian of children
  3. verb try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

Etymology

From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).

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