foster-nursen.
/ˈfɒstənəːs/, U.S. /ˈfɔstərˌnərs/, /ˈfɑstərˌnərs/ A nurse who brings up another's child as her own.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > foster-mother
foster-mother?a1000
nursing mother1535
nurse-mother1579
fostress1603
foster-nurse1607
mammy1618
1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage i. B iij Your hands haue bin to me like bounties purse, Neuer shut vp, your selfe my foster-Nurse.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 245 The foster nurse first chanted the spell over the cradle.
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