dry nurse
Meanings
noun
- A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
- An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
verb
- To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
- Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
Word forms
Etymology
To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.
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