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Meanings of
wetnurse
in English
Portuguese
ama-de-leite
Catalan
nodrissa
Spanish
aya
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A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
amah
wet nurse
Portuguese
ama-de-leite
Usage of
wetnurse
in English
1
This was Nari, a widowed kinswoman of Iya's, chosen to be the child's
wetnurse
.
2
But I am also beginning to feel drawn to him, as I am growing more and more tired of acting as
wetnurse
.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
act as wetnurse
Translations for
wetnurse
Portuguese
ama-de-leite
Catalan
nodrissa
dida
Spanish
aya
Wetnurse
through the time