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wet nurses

wet nurses is the plural of wet nurse.

wet nurses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet nurse.

Meaning of wet nurse

Noun

wet nurse (plural wet nurses)

  1. A woman hired to suckle and care for another woman's child.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Someone who treats someone else with excessive care.

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Questions about wet nurses

What is wet nurses the plural of?
Wet nurses is the plural of wet nurse.

Words near wet nurses in the dictionary

  1. wet nelly
  2. wet noodle
  3. wet noodles
  4. wet nurse
  5. wet nursed
  6. wet nurses
  7. wet nursing
  8. wet one's beak
  9. wet one's clay
  10. wet one's pants
  11. wet one's whistle

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