单词 | nursing officer |
释义 | nursing officer in British Englishnoun (in Britain) the official name for matron (sense 4) matron in British English (ˈmeɪtrən) noun 1. a married woman regarded as staid or dignified, esp a middle-aged woman with children 2. a woman in charge of the domestic or medical arrangements in an institution, such as a boarding school 3. US a wardress in a prison 4. British the former name for the administrative head of the nursing staff in a hospital Official name: nursing officer Derived forms matronal (ˈmatronal) adjective matronhood (ˈmatronˌhood) or matronship (ˈmatronˌship) noun matron-like (ˈmatron-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: via Old French from Latin mātrōna, from māter motherExamples of 'nursing officer' in a sentence |
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