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"etymology_text": "To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.",
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"A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed."
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"(chiefly historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed."
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
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"An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship."
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"(nautical, slang, archaic) An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship."
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"To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling."
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"(nautical, slang, archaic) Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship."
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "banaltra"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "cailín páistí"
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
"tags": [
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"word": "ama-seca"
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"sense": "a nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand",
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"feminine"
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"word": "muime-altram"
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"etymology_text": "To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby.",
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"form": "dry nursed",
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"(nautical, slang, archaic) Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship."
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