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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else;
[syn: wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah]


VERB (1)

1. give suck to;
- Example: "The wetnurse suckled the infant"
- Example: "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
[syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wet-nurse n 1: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah] v 1: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]