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wet nurse
noun
a woman hired to suckle another's infant.
Origin:
1610–20
1610–20
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World English Dictionary
| wet nurse | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a woman hired to suckle the child of another |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to act as a wet nurse to (a child) |
| 3. | informal to attend with great devotion |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
wet nurse n.
A woman employed to breast-feed a child that is not her own.
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