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Meaning of wet nurse

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

wet nurse

noun

Definitions

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

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

verb

Definitions

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