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1. (v.t.) wet-nurse
to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).
2. wet-nurse
to give excessive care or attention to.
Etymology: (1775–85)
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| Definition of 'wet-nurse' |
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1. (verb) wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
2. (verb) breastfeed, 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"
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Sense: a woman employed to breast-feed someone else's baby.
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 Afrikaans: soogma |
 Arabic: مُرْضِعَه |
 Bulgarian: дойка |
 Brazilian: ama de leite |
 Czech: kojná |
 German: die Amme |
 Danish: amme |
 Greek: τροφός |
 Spanish: ama de cría, nodriza |
 Estonian: amm |
 Farsi: دايه |
 Finnish: imettäjä |
 French: nourrice |
 Hebrew: מֵינֶקֶת |
 Hindi: दूसरे के बच्चे को दूध पिल |
 Croatian: dojilja |
 Hungarian: szoptatós dajka |
 Indonesian: babu susu |
 Icelandic: brjóstmóðir |
 Italian: balia |
 Japanese: 乳母 |
 Korean: 유모 |
 Lithuanian: žindyvė |
 Latvian: zīdītāja |
 Malay: ibu susu |
 Dutch: min |
 Norwegian: amme |
 Polish: mamka |
 Portuguese: ama de leite |
 Romanian: doică |
 Russian: кормилица |
 Slovak: dojka |
 Slovenian: dojilja |
 Serbian: dojilja |
 Swedish: amma |
 Thai: เป็นแม่นมเลี้ยงเด็กทารก |
 Turkish: süt anne |
 Taiwanese: 奶媽 |
 Ukrainian: годувальниця; молочна мат |
 Urdu: دایہ |
 Vietnamese: vú nuôi |
 Chinese: 奶妈 |
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