Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession. · A medical worker performing this role, typically someone trained to provide such care but having credentials and rank below a doctor or physician assistant. · A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant. · A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.
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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"word": "নার্স",
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"Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.",
"A medical worker performing this role, typically someone trained to provide such care but having credentials and rank below a doctor or physician assistant.",
"A medical worker, such as a registered nurse, having training, credentials, and rank above a nurse assistant.",
"A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children."
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