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单词 nurse-father
释义 ˈnurse-father Obs.
[f. nurse n.1 or v. Cf. nursing-father.]
A foster-father. Chiefly fig.
1564Brief Exam. **iiij, Kynges shalbe thy Nursefathers.1608Jas. I in 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 414/1 We doe acknowledge ourselves in duty to God bound to be a nurse⁓father of his Church.1644Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings 11, I pray you consider what encouragement is it for Kings and Monarchs to become Nurse-fathers of the Reformed Church.1714J. Fortescue-Aland Fortescue's Abs. & Lim. Mon. 123 The verb bajulando, to carry in one's arms, as the Nurse-Fathers used to do the children that were put to them to nurse.
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