| a woman hired to suckle another's infant. |
[wet-nurs] 
| 1. | to act as a wet nurse to (an infant). |
| 2. | to give excessive care or attention to; treat as if helpless: The warden is accused of wet-nursing his prisoners. |
| wet-nurse (wět'nûrs') tr.v. wet-nursed, wet-nurs·ing, wet-nurs·es
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wet nurse n.
A woman employed to breast-feed a child that is not her own.