Antonyms for wet nurse


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wet-nurs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛtˌnɜrs


Definition of wet nurse

  • As in nanny : noun children's nurse
  • As in nurse : noun person who tends to sick, cares for someone
  • As in nursemaid : noun nanny
  • As in nurse : verb give milk, usually from breast
Example sentences :
  • She was probably the most aristocratic cat in the country, for she kept a wet nurse.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • I hadn't hired out for no wet nurse, and I told the crowd so.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • It may be necessary to obtain a wet nurse for them, as it is with "the delicate child."
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
  • She was by then married; beside her walked a wet nurse with a tiny baby.
  • Extract from : « White Nights and Other Stories » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The wet nurse required brought with her a train of servants.
  • Extract from : « The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari » by James S. De Benneville
  • A wet nurse was a thing unknown and a dry one as unthought of.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Ab » by Stanley Waterloo
  • The old woman has been a wet nurse for many white families in Winnsboro.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration
  • At the time of our visit the institution contained eighty foundlings; to each of those still in infancy was assigned a wet nurse.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army » by Charles Alexander Gordon
  • The wet nurse is quite another affair; she came of her own accord to offer her milk for sale.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • Of course, should the child of the wet nurse have died, there can be no question of an infringement of its rights.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori

Synonyms for wet nurse

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