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ˈnurser
[f. nurse v. + -er1.]
One who or that which nurses, fosters, or encourages.
1388Wyclif Isa. xlix. 23 And kingis schulen be thi nurseris, and quenys schulen be thi nursis. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 46 See where he lyes inherced in the armes Of the most bloody Nursser of his harmes. 1651Featly in Fuller Abel Rediv. 485 Colledges..ought to be as nursers for choyce plants to be set and nourished there for a while. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) III. 7 The Nurser of Subjects, bold Britain's chief Meat. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1138 The early nursers and improvers of our art. 1888Cushing Blacksmith of Voe III. 34 If old Abel was..a nurser of wrath, he would probably object. |