WETNURSE

Wet nurse

A wet nurse is a woman who breast feeds and cares for another's child. Wet nurses are employed when the mother is unable or chooses not to nurse the child herself. Wet-nursed children may be known as "milk-siblings", and in some cultures the families are linked by a special relationship of milk kinship. Mothers who nurse each other's babies are engaging in a reciprocal act known as cross-nursing or co-nursing.

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wet nurse

Noun

  1. A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
  2. Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

Verb

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


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wetnurse

Noun

Verb



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