wet nurse

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Noun

wet nurse (plural wet nurses)

1. A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.

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

Translations

• French: nourrice
• German: Säugamme, Amme
• Italian: balia
• Portuguese: ama-de-leite
• Russian: корми́лица
• Spanish: nodriza

Translations

• Russian: ня́нька
• Spanish: consentidor, consentidora

Verb

wet nurse

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

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