wet nurse

wet nurse

n.

1. A woman who suckles another woman's child.

2. One who treats another with excessive care or solicitude.

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wet nurse

Noun

(esp. formerly) a woman hired to breast-feed another woman's baby

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wet nurse - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else amah, wet-nurse, wetnurse nanny, nursemaid, nurse - a woman who is the custodian of children