nursemaid

Questions about nursemaid

What does nursemaid mean?

nursemaid means "a woman who is the custodian of children".

How many syllables are in nursemaid?

nursemaid has 3 syllables and divides as nur-se-maid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for nursemaid?

Close synonyms include nanny, nurse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nursemaid a common word?

nursemaid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.