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English
Etymology
From ward + -s- + maid.
Noun
wardsmaid (plural wardsmaids)
- A woman who manages a ward.
1877 January, The Journal of Mental Science, volume 22, page 597:Chronic and quiet patients are just those who render most assistance in carrying on the daily routine of house-cleaning and other work in the asylum; and if they are removed it will be necessary in most cases to hire wardsmaids of a class much below that of the ordinary asylum attendant or nurse to replace them.
2008, Rose Moxham, Teeth Marks, page 7:There was plenty to remember, but just then a trolley rattled in, pushed by a wiry wardsmaid in a pink uniform.
2020 October 16, Marshelle Haseley, “RExTT launches pink mask campaign for breast cancer awareness”, in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday:She was a wardsmaid at the Point Fortin Hospital for many years until she retired.
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