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milk-mothers

milk-mothers is the plural of milk-mother.

Meaning of milk-mother

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.

Questions about milk-mothers

What is milk-mothers the plural of?
Milk-mothers is the plural of milk-mother.

Words near milk-mothers in the dictionary

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

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