NURSE

n. Nu6rs. Gr., rpo 6t (1st def.). Lat., nutrix (1st def.). Fr., nourrice (1st def.), bonne (1st def.). garde-malade (2d def.). Ger., Amme (1st def.), Wdrter (3d def.), Wdrterin (2d def.), Pfleger (2d def.), Pftegerin (2d def.). 1. A person (especially a woman) that has the care of children). 2. One that attends the sick or persons under medical treatment, [a, 48.] Dry-n. Fr., nourrice seclie. A woman that has charge of an infant but does not suckle it. [a, 48.] Mechanical n. See COUVEUSE. Monthly n. Fr., garde-couches. Ger., Hebamme. A n. that waits on a lying-in woman, [a, 48.] \Vet-n. Fr., mere nourrice. A n. that has charge of an infant and suckles it. [a. 48.] [s. 118]