HyperDic: wetnurse

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

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