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From Middle English norcery, from Old French norture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritia



nursery ‎(plural nurseries)

  1. (obsolete) The act of nursing.
    • 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, sc.1:
      I loved her most, and thought to set my rest / On her kind nursery.
  2. (heading) A place where nursing is carried on.
    1. A room or area in a household set apart for the care of children; specifically in European countries.
    2. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
    3. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
      • c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 1:
        Fair Padua, nursery of arts.
      • John Mitchell Mason, (1770-1829)
    4. A nursery school.
  3. That which forms and educates.
    Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
  4. (rare) That which is nursed.

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nursery f ‎(invariable)

  1. nursery (place for the care of children)