wet nurse
wet
wɛt
vet
nurse
nɜ:s
nēs
wetnurse

Definition & Meaning of "wet nurse"in English

Wet nurse
01

a woman employed to breastfeed another person's infant 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
gender specific
Plural form
wet nurses
Masculine Singular
wet nurse (rare, but historically used for male equivalents in some contexts)
Female Singular
wet nurse
neutral form
lactation caregiver
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