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FOSTER-NURSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foster-nurse mean?
• FOSTER-NURSE (noun)
The noun FOSTER-NURSE has 1 sense:
1. a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
Familiarity information: FOSTER-NURSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nurse who raises another woman's child as her own
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("foster-nurse" is a kind of...):
nurse (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))
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