Definition of wet-nurse Wet-nurse
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What does wet-nurse mean?
WordNet
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| wet-nurse - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else | ||
| wet nurse, wetnurse, amah | ||
Verb |
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| wet-nurse - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" | ||
| breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, lactate, give suck | ||
| bottlefeed feed (infants) with a bottle | ||
| suck draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" | ||
| feed, give introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wet-nurse (Noun)
Alternative spelling of wet nurse.
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wet-nurse
Woman hired to breastfeed the child of another woman.
