wet nurse

English - Turkish

Definition of wet nurse in English Turkish dictionary

{f} süt annelik yap

sütnine

süt anne

sütana

süt annelik yapmak

emzirmek

sütanne

Süt annesi

Related Terms

wetnurse

sütnine

wetnurse

itina ile bakmak

wetnurse

bebeğe meme vermek

English - English

Definition of wet nurse in English English dictionary

Someone who treats someone else with excessive care

A woman hired to suckle another woman's child

To act as a wet nurse (in either sense.)

Dry nurse

A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman

a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

Cf

In former times, a wet nurse was a woman who was paid to breast-feed another woman's baby. a woman paid to give her breast milk to another woman's baby

nurse hired to breast-feed a baby; breast-feed

Related Terms

wet nurses

plural form of wet nurse

wet-nurse

Alternative spelling of wet nurse

wet-nurse

to act as wet nurse to

wet-nurse

to give constant and often excessive care to

wet-nurse

1. (noun) a woman employed to suckle another woman's child. 2. (verb) act as a wet nurse to. ▶informal look after (someone) as though they were a helpless infant

wet-nurse

to give someone too much care and attention, as if they were a child

wet-nurse

a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else

wet-nurse

give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

wetnurse

alternative spelling of wet nurse

Turkish pronunciation

wet nırs

Pronunciation

/ˈwet ˈnərs/ /ˈwɛt ˈnɜrs/

Etymology

[ 'wet ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English, partly from past participle of weten to wet & partly from Old English w[AE]t wet; akin to Old Norse vAtr wet, Old English wæter water.