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milk mother

milk mother is the alternative form 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.

Forms of milk mother

pluralmilk mothers

Questions about milk mother

What is milk mother the alternative form of?
Milk mother is the alternative form of milk-mother.

Words near milk mother in the dictionary

  1. milk mirrors
  2. milk monitor
  3. milk monitors
  4. milk moon
  5. milk moons
  6. milk mother
  7. milk mothers
  8. milk moustache
  9. milk moustaches
  10. milk mustache
  11. milk mustaches

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