Definition for wet nurse - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	wet nurse (wet nurse) noun chiefly historical a woman employed to suckle another woman’s child. verb (wet-nurse) [with object] act as a wet nurse to. informal look after (someone) as though they were a helpless infant: I got tired of having to wet-nurse performers		Nearby Words wet blanket wet bulb wet cell wet dock wet dream wet fish wet fly wet lease wet look wet nurse wet pack wet plate wet room wet rot weta wetback wether Wethersfield wetland