drynurse
drynurse is the alternative form of dry nurse.
Meaning of dry nurse
Verb
dry nurse (third-person singular simple present dry nurses, present participle dry nursing, simple past and past participle dry nursed)
- To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
- Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
Forms of drynurse
| third-person singular present | drynurses |
|---|---|
| present participle | drynursing |
| past participle | drynursed |
| past | drynursed |
Questions about drynurse
- What is drynurse the alternative form of?
- Drynurse is the alternative form of dry nurse.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: drynurse (page history and authors); dry nurse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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