nursling

American  

[nurs-ling] / ˈnɜrs lɪŋ /

Or nurseling

noun

1. an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.

2. any person or thing under fostering care, influences, or conditions.

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nursling British  

/ ˈnɜːslɪŋ /

noun

1. a child or young animal that is being suckled, nursed, or fostered

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Etymology

Origin of nursling

First recorded in 1550–60; nurse + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

Other times, the older nursling will naturally decide to stop.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022

Being “a native and nursling of the moors”, Emily had made a book that was “hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018

In Phoenix, the nursling Journal faces tough competition from Eugene C. Pulliam's aggressive Republic, with its competent, extensive news coverage and its sustained interest in Phoenix' phenomenal growth.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And thou, my son, didst thou stand by and see my nursling slain?"

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

"We did; we did," they exclaimed so earnestly that any doubts she may have felt about the cordiality of their reception of her nursling were banished at once.

From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)