"wetnurse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wetnurses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wetnurse (plural wetnurses)
  1. Alternative spelling of wet nurse Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wet nurse
    Sense id: en-wetnurse-en-noun-mLGuHc-b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: wetnurses [present, singular, third-person], wetnursing [participle, present], wetnursed [participle, past], wetnursed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wetnurse (third-person singular simple present wetnurses, present participle wetnursing, simple past and past participle wetnursed)
  1. Alternative spelling of wet nurse Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wet nurse
    Sense id: en-wetnurse-en-verb-mLGuHc-b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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