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Definition 2024

dry_nurse

dry nurse

See also: drynurse and dry-nurse

English

Noun

dry nurse ‎(plural dry nurses)

A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand, distinguished from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

Translations

a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand

Irish: banaltra f, cailín páistí m

Scottish Gaelic: muime-altram f