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milk-mother

milk-mother noun: wet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).

Noun

milk-mother (plural milk-mothers)

  1. Wet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).
    • Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb was the milk-mother of the Prophet Muhammad.

Forms of milk-mother

pluralmilk-mothers
alternative formmilk mother

Questions about milk-mother

What does milk-mother mean?
Milk-mother means wet nurse (especially in an Islamic context, or the literal translation of the Chinese term 奶媽).
What part of speech is milk-mother?
Milk-mother is a noun.
What is the plural of milk-mother?
The plural of milk-mother is milk-mothers.

Words near milk-mother in the dictionary

  1. milk-maids
  2. milk-maker
  3. milk-makers
  4. milk-man
  5. milk-men
  6. milk-mother
  7. milk-mothers
  8. milk-sap
  9. milk-sibling
  10. milk-siblings
  11. milk-sister

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