nurse in English: A person whose job is to look after sick people, often in a hospital. (noun)

/nɜːs/

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Translation

A person whose job is to look after sick people, often in a hospital.

Word origin

From Old French norrice, meaning a woman who feeds and cares for others.

Origin: Old French
Root: norrice

Grammar

Gender

Pluralnurses

Examples

"Nurse" is the person who looks after sick people.

"Nurses" is the plural, meaning more than one nurse.

Here "nurse" is the job of looking after sick people.

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This word is part of lesson 22.