dry nurse
| Dictionary: dry nurse |
n.
A nurse employed to care for but not breast-feed an infant.
dry-nurse dry'-nurse' (drī'nûrs') v.
| Medical Dictionary: dry nurse |
n.
A nurse employed to care for but not breast-feed an infant.
| Word Tutor: dry-nurse |
IN BRIEF: v. - Take care of an infant without breastfeeding it.
| WordNet: dry-nurse |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
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