wet nurse

wet nurse

noun

Definition of WET NURSE

: a woman who cares for and suckles children not her own

First Known Use of WET NURSE

1620

Rhymes with WET NURSE

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, coerce, commerce, converse, cutpurse, disburse, disperse, diverse, dry nurse, free verse, immerse, inverse, Nez Percé, obverse, perverse, rehearse, reverse, scrub nurse, sesterce, submerse, transverse, traverse

wet nurse

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of WET NURSE

: a woman who cares for and suckles young not her own