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Wet nurse

A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

📖 Definitions of "Wet nurse"

noun
  1. 1

    A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

verb
  1. 1

    To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)

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