Overview of noun wet-nurse

The noun wet-nurse has 1 sense

• wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah -- (a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else)

Overview of verb wet-nurse

The verb wet-nurse has 1 sense

• breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck -- (give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places")