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- DictionaryWet nurse/ˈwet ˌnərs/
noun
- 1. a woman employed to suckle another woman's child. historical
verb
- 1. act as a wet nurse to.
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Woman employed to breastfeed and care for another's child
A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds and cares for another's child. Wet nurses are employed if the mother dies, or if she is unable or chooses not to nurse the child herself. Wet-nursed children may be known as "milk-siblings", and in some societies, the families are linked by a special relationship of milk kinship. Wet-nursing existed in societies around the world until the invention of reliabl... Wikipedia