HyperDic: wet_nurse

English > 1 sense of the expression *wet nurse*:
NOUN	person	wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah	a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

English > *wet nurse*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
Synonyms	wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah
Broader	nanny, nursemaid, nurse	A woman who is the custodian of children
Spanish	ama de leche, ama, aya, nodriza
Catalan	dida, nodrissa