nursery workers

Early childhood caregivers

Nursery workers care for young children in daycare settings or tend plants in horticultural nurseries.

The two meanings reflect the word nursery's dual sense—a place where the young are nurtured, whether human or botanical.

The nursery workers repotted seedlings all morning.

She's been a nursery worker at the daycare for fifteen years.

Opposites
age group served

nursery workershigh school teachers

Instructors of teenagers

university professors · elementary teachers

role in child's life

nursery workersparents

Mother and father

stay-at-home fathers · grandparents · au pairs · nannies

care vs. end-of-life

nursery workersfuneral directors

Those who arrange burials

morticians · death doulas · undertakers

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G