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WETNURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wetnurse mean? 

WETNURSE (noun)
  The noun WETNURSE has 1 sense:

1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone elseplay

  Familiarity information: WETNURSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WETNURSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

amah; wet-nurse; wet nurse; wetnurse

Hypernyms ("wetnurse" is a kind of...):

nanny; nurse; nursemaid (a woman who is the custodian of children)


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