"nurse" Definition

Definitions for the word "nurse" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 person trained to care for the sick or infirm and assist doctors or dentists. 2 = *nursemaid. v. (-sing) 1 a work as a nurse. B attend to (a sick person). 2 feed or be fed at the breast. 3 hold or treat carefully. 4 a foster; promote the development of. B harbour (a grievance etc.). [latin: related to *nourish]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
a curious term applied to competition in omnibuses. Two omnibuses are placed on the road to NURSE, or take care of, each opposition “bus,” one before, the other behind. Of course the central or NURSED bus has very little chance, unless it happens to be a favourite with the public. Recent legislation and tramways have done much to do away with NURSING. NURSE also means to cheat or swindle; trustees are sometimes said to NURSE property, _i.e._, gradually eat it up themselves.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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