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dry nurse

noun

Definition of dry nurse

  1. :  a nurse who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby

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Examples of dry nurse in a Sentence

  1. after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own

First Known Use of dry nurse

1598

dry nurse Synonyms

Synonyms
babysitter, nurse, nanny (also nannie), nursemaid, nurser, sitter
Related Words
amah, ayah; au pair, bonne; mammy; duenna, fraulein, governess, mademoiselle

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dry nurse

noun

Medical Definition of dry nurse

  1. :  a nurse who takes care of but does not breastfeed another woman's baby

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