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wet nurse

Speech parts

1. wet nurse - Noun

2. wet nurse - Verb

Meaning

A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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wet-nurse

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The wetnurse suckled the infant Source: Internet

You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places Source: Internet

After his birth, Edward was looked after by a wet-nurse called Mariota or Mary Maunsel for a few months until she fell ill, when Alice de Leygrave became his foster mother. Source: Internet

From 1620 until Osman's death, a governess (daye hatun, lit. wet-nurse) was appointed as a stand-in valide, and she could not counterbalance the contriving of Mustafa I 's mother in the Old Palace. Source: Internet

Murasaki's daughter entered court service in 1025 as a wet nurse to the future Emperor Go-Reizei (1025–68). Source: Internet

Hathor the horned-cow is one of the 12 daughters of Ra, gifted with joy and is a wet-nurse to Horus. Source: Internet

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