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wetnurse

noun

Meaning

  1. A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
  2. (by extension) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.
  3. To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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