Originally: a wet nurse (now archaic). In later use: a woman employed or trained to take charge of a young child or children. Also in extended use.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant > wet nurse (9) nursea1325 Originally: a wet nurse (now archaic). In later use: a woman employed or trained to take charge of a young child or children. Also in extended use. suck-giver1551 a wet nurse. milkdame1582 a wet nurse. nurse-girl1596 (In senses 1 and 3.) nurse-book, nurse-clout, nurse-girl, etc. Also instrumental, as nurse-taught adj., etc. wet nursea1627 A woman who is hired to suckle and nurse another woman's child. Cf. dry-nurse, n. suck-nurse1652 a wet nurse. dai1782 Chiefly in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: a wet nurse; (now more usually) a midwife. grass-nurse1797 a young unmarried mother employed as a wet nurse; perhaps cf. grass-girl n. grass widow, n. 1. amah1832 In parts of South Asia and the Far East: a wet nurse; a nanny; a female house servant. |
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