English Explanatory Dictionary

wet nurse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.
  2. Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.
verb
  1. To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wet nurse.wav

Word forms

wet nurse wet nurses wet-nurse wetnurse wet nursing wet nursed
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