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wet nurse Definition

wet nurse

noun

a woman hired to suckle another's child

wet-nurse Definition

wet·-nurse (-nʉrs′)

transitive verb -·nursed′, -·nurs′ing

  1. to act as wet nurse to
  2. to give overly careful attention to

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