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1. wet-nurse

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Usually means: Caregiver who breastfeeds another's baby.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word wet-nurse:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. wet-nurse: Merriam-Webster
  2. wet-nurse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. wet-nurse, wet-nurse: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wet-nurse: Vocabulary.com
  5. wet-nurse: Wordnik
  6. wet-nurse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. wet-nurse: Wiktionary
  8. wet-nurse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. wet-nurse: Dictionary.com
  10. Wet-nurse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. wet-nurse: Rhymezone
  12. wet-nurse: FreeDictionary.org
  13. wet-nurse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. wet-nurse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wet-nurse: Encyclopedia

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  1. wet-nurse: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of wet nurse [A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.]

Similar:
nurse, suckle, give suck, breastfeed, suck, lactate, wetnurse, wet nurse, dry nurse, milk-mother, more...

Opposite:
dry nurse, bottle feeder, formulfeeder

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Similar:
nurse, suckle, give suck, breastfeed, suck, lactate, wetnurse, wet nurse, dry nurse, milk-mother, more...

Opposite:
dry nurse, bottle feeder, formulfeeder



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