wet-nurse

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Noun wet-nurse has 1 sense

wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
--₁ is a kind of nanny, nursemaid, nurse

Verb wet-nurse has 1 sense

breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
--₁ is one way to feed, give
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