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Wet-nurse   /wɛt-nərs/   Listen
Wet-nurse

noun
1.
A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.  Synonyms: amah, wet nurse, wetnurse.






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"Wet-nurse" Quotes from Famous Books



... with many this office would not only be highly injurious to their own health, but materially so to that of their offspring. This may arise from various causes, hereafter to be noticed, but whenever they exist a wet-nurse is demanded. ...
— The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. • Thomas Bull, M.D.



Words linked to "Wet-nurse" :   feed, nursemaid, bottlefeed, nanny, give



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