Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who nurses; a nurse; hence, one who promotes or encourages.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
nurses ; anurse ; one who cherishes or encouragesgrowth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who treats something carefully
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Examples
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You may meet this person either in the nurser or in the follow-up clinic.
Neonatal Care Team 2010
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I did use the suppmental nurser with her and that was a great bonding tool for us.
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And he was a wild, ever moving, ever grabbing, ever biting nurser … and I miss those days.
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Call me politically incorrect but I haven't jumped on the non-imported plant trend that has swept parts of the garden world, resulting in catalogs, websites and nurser ies dedicated to native trees, shrubs and flowers.
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Never once had a problem, and I was never a blanket nurser.
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•Become a confident nurser by learning how to tell if your baby is getting enough milk and trusting that you will produce lots of milk.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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Giggles was a nearly exclusive nurser until she was nearly 14 months old when we had to go cold turkey. she would make more of a mess with food than anything else.
How To Feed A Baby And Not Lose Consciousness Trying | Her Bad Mother 2008
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And he was a wild, ever moving, ever grabbing, ever biting nurser... and I miss those days.
Needful Things 2009
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But I also think that it was at least partly that Jacob was an organized and efficient nurser from the beginning.
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It may also cause jars, bottles, and nurser liners to explode.
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