Wet-nurse (Verb)
Meaning
Give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The wet nurse was hired to wet-nurse the newborn until the mother could recover from her illness.
- In ancient times, wealthy families would employ a servant to wet-nurse their children.
- The village elder helped the young mother to find a suitable woman to wet-nurse her baby.
- The charity organization provided support to help underprivileged mothers, or in some cases hire someone to wet-nurse their babies.
- In royal courts of the past, it was common for a noble to wet-nurse another noble's infant or child.