wet nurse

== English == === Alternative forms === wet-nurse, wetnurse === Pronunciation === === Noun === wet nurse (plural wet nurses) A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child. Coordinate term: dry nurse (figuratively, by extension) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wet nurse (third-person singular simple present wet nurses, present participle wet nursing, simple past and past participle wet nursed) (transitive) To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).