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wet nurse definition

wet nurse

a woman hired to suckle another's child
wet-nurse definition

wet·-nurse (-nʉrs′)

transitive verb wet-nursed -·nursed′, wet-nursing -·nurs′ing

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

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