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Wet-nurse

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Noun

1. amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse

a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

Verb

2. breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse

give suck to

Example Sentences:
'The wetnurse suckled the infant'
'You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wet-nurse

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noun
1. 
a woman hired to suckle the child of another
verb wet-nurse (transitive)
2. 
to act as a wet nurse to (a child)
3. informal
to attend with great devotion
verb (transitive)
1. 
to act as a wet nurse to (a child)
The chief's son was wet-nursed in the cottage of a humble clanswoman.
2. informal
to attend with great devotion
Once you get there, there is no one to wet-nurse you.

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Wet-nurse

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a woman hired to suckle another's child
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈwet-ˌnursed or ˈwet-ˌnursing
1. 
to act as wet nurse to
2. 
to give overly careful attention to

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Wet-nurse

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tr.v. wet-nursed, wet-nurs·ing, wet-nurs·es
1. To serve as wet nurse for.
2. To treat with excessive care.

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