dry nurse

a nurse who takes care of a baby but does not breast-feed it

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See dry nurse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A nurse employed to care for but not breast-feed an infant.

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  • dryˈ-nurseˌ (drīˈnûrsˌ) verb

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