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WET NURSE

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• WET NURSE (noun)
The noun WET NURSE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: WET NURSE used as a noun is very rare.

• WET NURSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

amah; wet nurse; wet-nurse; wetnurse

Hypernyms ("wet nurse" is a kind of...):

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

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(English proverb)
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(Bhutanese proverb)
"Make your bargain before beginning to plow."
(Arabic proverb)
"Hunger drives the wolf from its den."
(Corsican proverb)

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