dry nurse

as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children after years of being a dry nurse to other women's children, she longed to have a child of her own

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Noun
  • Her mother, Caitlin MacLaren, is a nurse and South Miami resident.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Helping patients means helping nurses After getting her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati, Holt began working as a clinical nurse in the neuroscience unit at UC Health, then called University of Cincinnati Hospital.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Your next movie night will be complete with this ’90s psychological thriller starring a vengeful nanny attempting to destroy a former boss’s life.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Only Abi, the young nanny, can make the sickly girl smile.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Dry nurse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dry%20nurse. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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