wet-nurse English

Meaning wet-nurse meaning

What does wet-nurse mean?

wet-nurse

— noun (= wet nurse) a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

— verb (= suckle, suck, nurse, give suck) give suck to The wetnurse suckled the infant You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

Synonyms wet-nurse synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wet-nurse?

wet-nurse English » English

nurse

wet nurse

suckle

amah

wetnurse

suck

lactate

give suck

breastfeed

fostermother

breast-feed

Examples wet-nurse examples

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Movie subtitles

Am I supposed to be wet nurse to them woodenhead pilgrims a-crossin' the plains?