English
Alternative spellings
wet-nurse
wetnurse
Noun
en-noun|sg=wet nurse
- A woman hired to suckle another woman's child.
- figurative|by extension Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.
Translations
trans-top|a woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Hungarian: t|hu|dajka
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trans-bottom
trans-top|someone who treats someone else with excessive care
trans-mid
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ttbc|Dutch: zoogmoeder f
ttbc|Croatian: t|hr|dojilja|f
ttbc|German: Amme f
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ttbc|Portuguese: ama-de-leite f
ttbc|Old Church Slavonic: t|cu|баба|tr=baba|f
ttbc|Slovene: t+|sl|dojilja|f
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Verb
en-verb|wet nurses|wet nursing|wet nursed
- transitive To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)
Category:Babies
ja:wet nurse
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