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• nurse — [n] person who tends to sick, cares for someone assistant, attendant, baby sitter, caretaker, foster parent, medic, minder, nurse practitioner, practical nurse, registered nurse, RN, sitter, therapist, wet nurse; concepts 357,414 nurse [v1] care… …   New thesaurus

• Mother of God —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the M …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Nurse (album) — Nurse Studio album by Therapy? Released October 17, 1992 (EU) November 2, 1992 (UK) January 12, 1993 …   Wikipedia

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• Nurse empress dowager — (Chinese language: 保太后; pinyin Bǎo Tàihòu) was an honorific title given to emperors wet nurses during the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. The existence of the title owed itself to a peculiar institution of Northern Wei that when a son of… …   Wikipedia

• Mother of a Different Kind — 不一樣的媽媽 Directed by David Chiang Produced by Laura Fu Release date(s) 1995 Running time …   Wikipedia

• nurse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attendant, nursemaid, nanny (inf.). See safety. v. i. foster, tend, serve, cherish; suckle, give suck; entertain, manage. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who cares for the sick] Syn. attendant …   English dictionary for students

• nurse — [[t]nɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] ♦♦♦ nurses, nursing, nursed 1) N COUNT; N TITLE; N VOC A nurse is a person whose job is to care for people who are ill. She had spent 29 years as a nurse... Patients were dying because of an acute shortage of nurses. 2) VERB If… …   English dictionary

• Nurse Ratched — Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film. Nurse Mildred Ratched is the primary antagonist from Ken Kesey s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest, as well as the 1975 film. A cold, sociopathic tyrant, Nurse Ratched has become the… …   Wikipedia