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Yes, nurse is playable

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"Nurse" Definition

noun

A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled.
A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
A woman employed to take care of a child; a nursemaid.
One that serves as a nurturing or fostering influence or means: "Town life is the nurse of civilization” ( C.L.R. James).
A woman who suckles an infant not her own .

verb-transitive

To bear privately in the mind: nursing a grudge.
To cause or allow to take milk from the breast: a mother nursing her baby.
To consume slowly, especially in order to conserve: nursed one drink all evening.
To feed at the breast of; suckle.
To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster: nursed her business through the depression. See Synonyms at nurture.

verb-intransitive

To serve as a nurse.
To take nourishment from the breast; suckle.

verb

To nourish at the breast .
To take nourishment from the breast of.
To promote the development or progress of.
To manage with care or economy .
To take charge of and watch over.

biographical name

Sir Paul Maxime 1949–     British geneticist.

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