WETNURSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

Synonyms:

amah; wet-nurse; wet nurse; wetnurse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wetnurse" is a kind of...):

nanny; nurse; nursemaid (a woman who is the custodian of children)

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