English

Alternative forms

• wet-nurse, wetnurse

Noun

wet nurse ‎(plural wet nurses)

1. A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

Translations

Related terms

• dry-nurse

Verb

wet nurse ‎(third-person singular simple present wet nurses, present participle wet nursing, simple past and past participle wet nursed)

1. (transitive) To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)