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Meanings of wetnurse in anglès

portuguès
ama-de-leite
català
nodrissa
espanyol
aya

A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

        nodrissa
        Usage of wetnurse in anglès
        1
        This was Nari, a widowed kinswoman of Iya's, chosen to be the child's wetnurse.
        The Bone Doll's Twin
        2
        But I am also beginning to feel drawn to him, as I am growing more and more tired of acting as wetnurse.
        Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors. Pariah.
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for wetnurse
        portuguès
        ama-de-leite
        espanyol
        aya
        Wetnurse through the time