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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
   "The wetnurse suckled the infant";
   - wet nurse, wet-nurse, amah

1. (of a woman) produce breast milk for a baby to drink
   "The wetnurse suckled the infant";
   - breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, lactate, give suck [archaic]

Derived forms: wet-nurses, wet-nursed, wet nurses, wet-nursing, wetnurses

Type of: feed, give, nanny, nurse, nursemaid

Encyclopedia: Wetnurse