HyperDic: wetnurse

English > 1 sense of the word wetnurse:
NOUNperson wetnurse, wet nurse, wet-nurse, amaha woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
English > wetnurse: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
Synonymswet nurse, wet-nurse, amah
Broadernanny, nursemaid, nurseA woman who is the custodian of children
Spanishama de leche, ama, aya, nodriza
Catalandida, nodrissa

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