Nursling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nursling \Nurs"ling\, n. [Nurse + -ling.]
     One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.
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           I was his nursling once, and choice delight. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nursling
       n : an infant considered in relation to its nurse [syn: {nurseling},
            {suckling}]