Meaning

2 senses
  1. A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.

    Säugamme, Amme

    корми́лицаkormílica, ма́мкаmámka

    годува́льницяhoduválʹnycja, годівни́цяhodivnýcja, ма́мкаmámka

    a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

  2. (broadly, figuratively)Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

    ня́нькаnjánʹka

Examples

2 sentences
  1. My baby's wet nurse is also my family's dietitian.

  2. The children played under the wet nurse's watchful eye.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
woman hired to suckle another woman's child:
Русский
By meaning 2
woman hired to suckle another woman's child:
someone who treats someone else with excessive care:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
woman hired to suckle another woman's child:

Forms

plural: wet nurses

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else:wet-nursewetnurseamah

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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