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Recent Examples of nursemaidBy the time Sam was born—in Florida, Missouri—the family’s enslaved property had dwindled to a single nursemaid, Jennie.—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024 Second of all, these people here, everybody is like a nursemaid so to speak.—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 Soon after, tensions between the couple boiled over and Dr. Ruxton murdered his wife and the household’s nursemaid, Mary.—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024 The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC.—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024 Typically portrayed as a middle-aged nursemaid whose main claim to fame was surviving the mercurial Tudor king, Catherine was an accomplished scholar, religious reformer and advocate for women’s education.—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024 For a time, the girl’s only duty in the grand English house was to serve as a kind of human foot warmer, but when her mistress gave birth to a profoundly mentally disabled daughter, Zed became the baby’s devoted nursemaid.—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
Accommodations range from 21 airy beachfront villas with private pools and tropical walled gardens,to five hilltop, three-to-five-bedroom grand residences featuring sprawling outdoor living spaces and spectacular views from sunrise to sunset, along with a personal golf buggy, butler, and nanny.
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Alexandra Kirkman,
Robb Report,
29 May 2025
This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst.
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