/ Dictionary / Index N nursemaid: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: nurse•maid Pronunciation: (nûrs'mād"), [key] — n. Also calleda woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, esp. in a household. —v.t. to act as a nursemaid to; to take care of or look after protectively. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: nursemaid (Thesaurus) nurseling nurse-midwife Related Content Daily Word Quiz: arid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language