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

1. Feed a baby with milk directly from the breast
   "The wetnurse breastfed the infant"; "She wet-nursed the orphaned infant"; "The wetnurse suckled the infant";
   - breastfeed, suckle, nurse, give suck [archaic]

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

Type of: feed, give, nanny, nurse, nursemaid [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Wetnurse