Nursemaid

A nursemaid was a servant tasked with looking after a household's children. Florrie Dawson was the nursemaid of Polly-Anne Rokeby and took care of her when she had the Black Death. (PROSE: The Republican's Story) Elise was a French nursemaid tasked with looking after William, the infant son of Mary Shelley. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)