nurse

A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician’s office.

A person employed to take care of a young child.

A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.

One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means.

A worker ant or bee that feeds and cares for the colony’s young.

To serve as a nurse for.

To cause or allow to take milk from the breast.

To feed at the breast of; suckle.