I don't believe I have to nursemaid these two rookies through their entire probationary period.
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Nursemaid
Synonyms for "nursemaid" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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Translations
25 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- դայակ noun (child's nurse)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бавачка noun (child's nurse)
Dutch
1 entries- kindermeisje noun (child's nurse)
Esperanto
1 entries- vanjo noun (child's nurse)
Finnish
1 entries- lastenhoitaja noun (child's nurse)
French
3 entries- bonne d'enfants noun (child's nurse)
- nounou noun (child's nurse)
- nourrice noun (child's nurse)
Greek
1 entries- νταντά noun (child's nurse)
Italian
3 entries- babysitter noun (child's nurse)
- bambinaia noun (child's nurse)
- tata noun (child's nurse)
Latvian
1 entries- aukle noun (child's nurse)
Macedonian
1 entries- дадилка noun (child's nurse)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- barnepasser noun (child's nurse)
- barnepike noun (child's nurse)
Portuguese
1 entries- babá noun (child's nurse)
Russian
1 entries- ня́ня noun (child's nurse)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- sluškinja noun (child's nurse)
Spanish
2 entries- nana noun (child's nurse)
- niñera noun (child's nurse)
Swedish
2 entries- barnflicka noun (child's nurse)
- barnpassare noun (child's nurse)
Volapük
2 entries- cilijikälädan noun (child's nurse)
- cilikälädan noun (child's nurse)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
‘Make the most of it,’ said Ford. ‘Because what I want you to do is to nursemaid that package out of the building.
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