Nursling
[nә:sliŋ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.
Checked by Elton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Infant, babe, baby, suckling, BAIRN.
Typed by Hester
Examples
- The dependent fondness of her nursling, the natural affection of her child, came over her suavely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The gentle charm vouchsafed to flower and tree, bestowed on deer and dove, has not been denied to the human nursling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Child of the sun, and nursling of the tropics, it would expire in these climes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Take her as the visionary nursling of your own fancy; and she will grow upon you, all the more clearly, as the living woman who dwells in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You nurslings of Protestantism astonish me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And all ye happy nurslings of mother-earth, do ye not echo my words? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was impossible to see these crowds of wretched, perishing creatures, late nurslings of luxury, and not stretch out a hand to save them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Rae